Dr. Salvatore Esposito

Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare

Naples Unit, Italy

Associate Researcher

Email: Salvatore.Esposito@na.infn.it

Research fields

History of Modern Physics

Astroparticle Physics

Field Theory

Qualifications

2001 Full Professorship in Mathematics & Physics at the Liceo “Virgilio”, Pozzuoli (Naples), Italy

1999 Ph.D., Physics, University of Naples “Federico II”, Italy

1993 M.Sc., Physics, University of Naples “Federico II”, Italy

Publications (Selected)

Books (Selected)

1. EDVIGE SCHETTINO - L'EREDITA DI UNA STORICA DELLA FISICA, edited by S. Esposito, R. Del Monte. FedOAPress, 2023, Naples (pp. 43).
2. EDVIGE SCHETTINO - DALL'AULA RODI AL MUSEO DI FISICA: GLI STRUMENTI RACCONTANO, edited by S. Esposito, I. Stazio. FedOAPress, 2022, Naples (pp. 684).
3. SOCIETA ITALIANA DEGLI STORICI DELLA FISICA E DELL'ASTRONOMIA: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 38TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE - MESSINA, REGGIO CALABRIA 2018, edited by S. Esposito, L. Fregonese, R. Mantovani. Pavia University Press, 2020, Pavia (pp. 298).
4. SOCIETA ITALIANA DEGLI STORICI DELLA FISICA E DELL'ASTRONOMIA: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 36TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE - NAPLES 2016, edited by S. Esposito. Pavia University Press, 2017, Pavia (pp. 430).
5. ETTORE MAJORANA - UNVEILED GENIUS AND ENDLESS MYSTERIES. S. Esposito. Springer, 2017, Heidelberg (pp. xiii + 191).
6. SOCIETA ITALIANA DEGLI STORICI DELLA FISICA E DELL'ASTRONOMIA: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 35TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE - AREZZO 2015, edited by S. Esposito. Pavia University Press, 2016, Pavia (pp. 316).

Book Reviews (Selected)

1. THE QUANTUM INTERNET - THE SECOND QUANTUM REVOLUTION. S Esposito. Contemporary Physics 63:328, 2022.
2. THE NEUTRINO STORY: ONE TINY PARTICLE'S GRAND ROLE IN THE COSMOS. S. Esposito. Contemporary Physics 62:106-107, 2021.
3. JOHN STEWART BELL AND TWENTIETH-CENTURY PHYSICS. S. Esposito. Mathematical Reviews MR4013718.
4. PHYSICS PROBLEMS FOR ASPIRING PHYSICAL SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS. S. Esposito. Contemporary Physics 61:150-151, 2020.
5. GEORGE PLACZEK - A NUCLEAR PHYSICIST'S ODYSSEY. S. Esposito. Contemporary Physics 60:329-330, 2019.
6. GALILEO UNBOUND - A PATH ACROSS LIFE, THE UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING. S. Esposito. Contemporary Physics 60:84-85, 2019.
7. ORIGINS - THE SCIENTIFIC STORY OF CREATION. S. Esposito. Contemporary Physics 59:325-326, 2018.
8. THE PATH TO POST-GALILEAN EPISTEMOLOGY. S. Esposito. Mathematical Reviews MR3675278.
9. SHATTERED SYMMETRY: GROUP THEORY FROM THE EIGHTFOLD WAY TO THE PERIODIC TABLE. S. Esposito. Contemporary Physics 59:91, 2018.

Articles (Selected)

1. THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF ETTORE MAJORANA TO THE SCIENCE OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (AND EVEN BEYOND). S Esposito. in E. Aydiner, B.G. Sidharth, M. Michelini, C. Corda (eds), Frontiers of Fundamental Physics FFP16, Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol. 392, Springer, Cham, 2024.
2. HISTORY OF PHYSICS FOR EDUCATION: THE SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS OF ENRICO FERMI. S Esposito. in M. Streit-Bianchi, M. Michelini, W. Bonivento, M. Tuveri (eds), New Challenges and Opportunities in Physics Education, Springer, 2023.
3. HISTORY TEACHES: SOME EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS BASED ON THE HISTORY OF PHYSICS. S Esposito. Nuovo Cim.C46:207, 2023.
4. RECONSTRUCTING THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE THEORY OF HEAT THROUGH FOURIER'S EXPERIMENTS. S Esposito. Eur. J. Phys. 44:055101, 2023.
5. TEACHING QUANTUM PHYSICS IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF EINSTEIN. M Di Mauro, S Esposito, A Naddeo. J. Phys.:Conf.Ser. 2297:012036, 2022.
6. A PROPOSAL FOR INTRODUCING QUANTUM PHYSICS IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF EINSTEIN. M. Di Mauro, S. Esposito, A. Naddeo. Physical Sciences Forum 2:30, 2021.
7. INTRODUCING QUANTUM AND STATISTICAL PHYSICS IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF EINSTEIN: A PROPOSAL. M. Di Mauro, S. Esposito, A. Naddeo. Universe 7:184, 2021.
8. QUEI MOTI "RIVOLUZIONARI" DI OERSTED, AMPERE E FARADAY. S. Esposito, M. Olimpo. Giornale di Fisica 61:483-513, 2020.
9. L'INTRIGANTE PROBLEMA DELL'AUTOCISTERNA BUCATA. S. Esposito, M. Olimpo. Giornale di Fisica 62:159-192, 2021.
10. THE PHYSICAL LEAKY TANK CAR PROBLEM, REVISITED. S. Esposito, M. Olimpo. Eur.Phys.J.Plus137:246, 2022; e-Print: arXiv:2001.09807 [physics.class-ph]
11. THE COLOURS OF NEWTON'S OPTICKS: A HIGH-PERFORMANCE PROJECT FOR MOTIVATED STUDENTS. S. Esposito. Eur.J.Phys.41:055702,2020; e-Print: arXiv:1912.09206 [physics.ed-ph]

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