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Ettore Majorana
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Italian physicist (1906-1938?)
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Ettore Majorana was an Italian physicist born on August 5, 1906, and died on March 27, 1938. His academic contributions include the work "Lezioni all'Università di Napoli." He is the subject of several publications, including "La Vita e l'opera di Ettore Majorana (1906-1938)" and "Ettore e Quirino Majorana."
According to Open Library records, Majorana is credited with four works. Crossref data indicates a total of five works associated with him. His legacy is documented in various sources, with his name appearing in 112 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 11 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- La Vita e l'opera di Ettore Majorana (1906-1938)
- Ettore e Quirino Majorana
- Lezioni all'Università di Napoli
- Ettore Majorana
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 17
- Total plays
- 43
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Ettore+Majorana">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,989x
- Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger
· 2016 · cited 11,706x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,999x
- GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral
· 2017 · cited 8,264x
- Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 8,020x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1906-08-05 ) 5 August 1906, Catania , Kingdom of Italy
- Disappeared
- 25 March 1938 (1938-03-25) (aged 31), Palermo , Kingdom of Italy
- Alma mater
- Sapienza University of Rome
- Known for
- Exchange force Relativistic wave equations Majorana equation Majorana fermion Majorana representation
- Relatives
- Quirino Majorana (uncle)
- Fields
- Particle physics
- Institutions
- University of Naples
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Italy
- Place of birth
- Catania
- Place of death
- Italy
- Occupation
- nuclear physicist
- Educated at
- University of Naples Federico II
- Employer
- University of Naples Federico II
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Doctoral advisor
- Enrico Fermi
- Field of work
- particle physics
- Image
- Ettore Majorana.jpg
- Residence
- Italy
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- Commons category
- Ettore Majorana
- date of birth
- 1906-08-05
- name in native language
- Ettore Majorana
- writing language
- Italian
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Ettore Majorana (/ˌmaɪ.əˈrɑːnə/ MY-ə-RAH-nə, Italian: [ˈɛttore majoˈraːna]; 5 August 1906 – disappeared 25 March 1938) was an Italian theoretical physicist who worked on neutrino masses.
The Majorana equation, Majorana fermions, and Microsoft's device attempting to create topological qubits, Majorana 1, are named after him. In 2006, the Majorana Prize was established in his memory.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ettore Majorana” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.