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Enrico Fermi’s Discovery of Neutron-Induced Artificial Radioactivity:The Recovery of His First Laboratory Notebook

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We give a short description of the discovery of the first experimental notebook of Enrico Fermi (1901-1954) on his researches during March and April of 1934 on neutron-induced artificial radioactivity, and we point out its relevance for a proper historical and conceptual understanding of those researches.

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  1. Group of History of Physics, Department of Physical Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II”, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant’Angelo, Via Cintia ed. G, I-80126, Napoli, Italy

    Giovanni Acocella

  2. Department of Physics, University of Rome “La Sapienza” and National Institute for Nuclear Physics, Section of Rome1, Piazzale Aldo Moro, 2, I-00185, Roma, Italy

    Francesco Guerra

  3. Department of Physics, University of Genoa, via Dodecanneso, 33, I-16146, Genova, Italy

    Nadia Robotti

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Correspondence to Giovanni Acocella, Francesco Guerra or Nadia Robotti.

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Acocella, G., Guerra, F. & Robotti, N. Enrico Fermi’s Discovery of Neutron-Induced Artificial Radioactivity:The Recovery of His First Laboratory Notebook. Phys. perspect. 6, 29–41 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00016-003-0175-x

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