We analyze in some detail the course that Ettore Majorana gave on theoretical physics at the University of Naples between January and March 1938, just prior to his mysterious disappearance. We discuss, in particular, the recently discovered Moreno Lecture Notes, in which all of Majorana’s lectures are recorded, six of which are not present in those that are preserved in the Domus Galilaeana in Pisa, Italy.
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Antonino Drago is a retired professor of history of physics at the University of Naples “Federico II.” Salvatore Esposito is a researcher on theoretical physics and history of physics at the University of Naples “Federico II.”
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Drago, A., Esposito, S. Ettore Majorana’s Course on Theoretical Physics: A Recent Discovery. Phys. perspect. 9, 329–345 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00016-006-0305-3
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00016-006-0305-3