Conveners
Communications III - Quantum physics and quantum mechanics in Italy
- Ivana Gambaro
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19. Italian Physicists and Old Quantum Mechanics: the Case of Antonio Garbasso and Antonino Lo SurdoMatteo Leone, Nadia Robotti10/12/2025, 12:10
As part of a project by the Italian Physical Society (SIF), inspired by the centenary of quantum mechanics and the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology (IYQ), this talk will revisit the work of Italian physicists Antonio Garbasso and Antonino Lo Surdo, who are credited with introducing quantum mechanics to Italy. In late 1913, Garbasso adopted Bohr’s 1913 theory of atomic...
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Leonardo Gariboldi10/12/2025, 12:30
This paper presents Aldo Pontremoli's introduction of matrix mechanics and wave mechanics into advanced physics teaching at the University of Milan and the developments of quantum mechanics by Giovanni Gentile Jr. Trained by Corbino and Rutherford, Pontremoli introduced the new quantum theories into his teaching and was the first professor of Theoretical Physics, being among the winning trio...
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Luisa Lovisetti, Marco Giliberti10/12/2025, 12:50
The Department of Physics at the University of Milan has long shown a strong commitment to the conceptual and formal development of quantum mechanics, both in research and in teaching. A clear indication of this attention is that, as early as the 1926–1927 academic year, a series of lectures was delivered by A. Pontremoli—then Professor of Theoretical Physics—explicitly devoted to matrix and...
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