Codice albumGBB-F-002847

Codice inventarioGBB-F-002847-0000

1930's, ITALY : The italian physicist ETTORE MAJORANA (1906 Catania - 1938 missing). Majorana disappeared in unknown circumstances during a boat trip from Palermo to Naples. Despite several investigations, his fate is still uncertain. His body has not been found. He had apparently withdrawn all of his money from his bank account, prior to making a trip to Palermo.5 He may have travelled to Palermo hoping to visit his friend Emilio Segrè, a professor at the university there, but Segrè was in California at that time. On March 25, 1938 Majorana wrote a note to Antonio Carrelli, Director of the Naples Physics Institute, asking to be remembered to his colleagues and saying that he had made an unavoidable decision and apologising for the inconvenience that his disappearance would cause. This was followed rapidly by a telegram cancelling his earlier plans. He apparently bought a ticket from Palermo to Naples and was never seen again.

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