The Library of Missing Physicists
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The Library of Missing Physicists
9.99 €
The smell of books mingles with the dust from the chalk on the blackboards. Ida knows the library on Via Panisperna is a special place. Her life has changed since she started working there. In those classrooms, stealthily listening to lectures by leading physicists, she experienced a taste of independence and freedom—something completely unaccustomed to for women in 1930s Italy. There she met the scientist Ettore Majorana, with whom she became friends. There she met Alberto and discovered the greatest love of her life. But suddenly everything changes. Her father has chosen a husband for her, and she has no choice but to hide her secret, tormented by remorse. Meanwhile, the group of young physicists disbands, and Majorana mysteriously disappears.
Many years have passed since then, and Ida is now a grown woman. But it is precisely the past that her mind clings to now, when the world seems to be crumbling before her eyes. The only solution is to return to the time when she was happy. Return to hope that Majorana isn't dead, but simply decided to change his life—perhaps because his scientific research has become dangerous.
Barbara Bellomo returns to her beloved readers with a novel that unravels the mystery of Ettore Majorana's disappearance. But above all, the novel recreates the setting of the institute on Via Panisperna, where young Italian scientists made groundbreaking discoveries in nuclear physics. "The Library of the Lost Physicists" is the story of a woman and her quest for redemption. A story of secrets, love, forgiveness, and hope.
Many years have passed since then, and Ida is now a grown woman. But it is precisely the past that her mind clings to now, when the world seems to be crumbling before her eyes. The only solution is to return to the time when she was happy. Return to hope that Majorana isn't dead, but simply decided to change his life—perhaps because his scientific research has become dangerous.
Barbara Bellomo returns to her beloved readers with a novel that unravels the mystery of Ettore Majorana's disappearance. But above all, the novel recreates the setting of the institute on Via Panisperna, where young Italian scientists made groundbreaking discoveries in nuclear physics. "The Library of the Lost Physicists" is the story of a woman and her quest for redemption. A story of secrets, love, forgiveness, and hope.
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