Maksimovič - The Life of Bruno Pontecorvo (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783032279613)

Professor of Theoretical Physics (SISSA), Scientific Director of the Journal of Statistical Mechanics and Applications and author of several scientific monographs on quantum field theory, including Statistical Field Theory, Oxford University Press 2020. He has written various popular science books, including: "Dio gioca a dadi con il mondo. La storia della meccanica quantistica" (Castelvecchi 2025); "Maksimovic. La storia di Bruno Pontecorvo" (Castelvecchi 2023); "The ABC's of Science" (Springer 2022), "Sky and Earth. Travelling with Dante Alighieri and Marco Polo" (Springer 2023); "God Plays Dice with the World: The History of Quantum Mechanics" (Springer 2026). He is Academician of the oldest Italian academy, Accademia delle Arti del Disegno (Firenze). Author of 5 scientific documentaries, including "Galois: A Revolutionary Mathematician" (2017). Among his recognitions are the Italian Physical Society Outreach Award (2013), the Kramers Chair at Utrecht University (2017), and the Cosmos Award (2024).