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The unsustainable legacy of the Nuclear Age
Angelo Baracca
It is seldom acknowledged the tremendous burden that the Nuclear Age leaves on future generations, and the environment, for an extremely long time. Nuclear processes, and products,…
The revolution in physics of the early Nineteenth century revisited in the context of science-and-society interaction
Angelo Baracca
The radical changes in the concepts and approach in Physics at the turn of the Nineteenth century were so deep, that is acknowledged as a revolution. However, in 1970 Thomas Kuhn's…
The "go-stop-go" of Italian civil nuclear programs, beset by lack of strategic planning, exploitation for personal gain and unscrupulous political conspiracies: 1946-1987
Angelo Baracca, Giorgio Ferrari, Roberto Renzetti
The Italian civil nuclear projects had a very early origin, with the first ideas originating as far back as 1945. The construction of the first three plants dated back to the perio…
Cuba: the strategic choice of advanced scientific development, 1959-2014
Angelo Baracca, Rosella Franconi
Cuba is continuing attracting the attention of the international scientific community for some important and unexpected achievements in applied science such as health biotechnology…
The origins of the research on the foundations of quantum mechanics (and other critical activities) in italy during the 1970s
Angelo Baracca, Silvio Bergia, Flavio Del Santo
We present a reconstruction of the studies on the Foundations of Quantum Mechanics (FQM) carried out in Italy at the turn of the 1960s. Actually, they preceded the revival of the i…