@andreamacchi
Physicist, working as a research scientist at CNR/INO (Italy) in superintense laser-matter interactions and also active as university lecturer, peer reviewer, associate Editor of specialized physics journals, scientific popularizer for any kind of public.
Since last year I did not guess any Nobel recipient, this year I will simply list the bookmakers' choices:
- Peace: Donald J. Trump
- Medicine: Andrew Wakefield
- Physics: Hendrik Schoen
- Chemistry: Martin Fleischmann & Stanley Pons
- Literature: Emmanuelle Arsan
- Economy: Joseph Cassano
For my usual introduction to quantum physics for high school students, I dared for the first time to add an explanation of Bell's inequality to the usual cats & socks, and an effort to show that entanglement and Dirac's equation have nothing to do with love.
Io ho donato.
MISSIONE INTERNAZIONALE – SALPIAMO PER GAZA chuffed.org/project/1406...
Even in the digital era, receiving the hardcopy is always a pleasure. Probably the five complimentary copies I received are the only reprints, thus the environmental footprint is limited also considering the savings in colors for the new cover.
Finally, the second edition of this primer is out. Not only the cover, but also the text has changed a lot - say, by 80%, with the hope to have improved it (or at least to have removed most parts I didn't like anymore). link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Appena arrivato. Grazie a Daniele Bernardi per aver pubblicato ogni giorno una di queste poesie e ad Emergency, a cui vanno 5€ per copia acquistata, per tutto quello che ha fatto e sta facendo a Gaza e per Gaza.
🧵 In un documento ufficiale, il Dipartimento di Stato USA accusa l’UE di essere una minaccia per la civiltà occidentale. E sostiene un cambio di regime in favore dell’estrema destra.
Il testo ribalta talmente la realtà che pare uscito dalla penna di uno Stalin postmoderno.
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Should you be willing to build your own Quantum Cryptography emulator at home, here are the instructions in the "Physics for Everybody" section of Il Giornale di Fisica (in Italian only, but we may release a drawings-only version in IKEA style) www.sif.it/riviste/sif/...
Ready for the International Day of Light in Tuscany (event: ai-sf.it/lot/ , hagiography: ai-sf.it/lot/speaker/, slides: osiris.df.unipi.it/~macchi/TALK..., soundtrack: youtu.be/0QWhPWBJPik?...)
As daylight is accelerating and soon we'll enjoy the seaside again, I will be delighted to deliver a talk on "Surfin' Plasma Waves and Sailing with Light: the Sea of Laser-Driven Accelerators" at Lights of Tuscany 2025 on the International Day of Light (Friday, May 16 in Pisa)
ai-sf.it/lot/
To tackle Vatican's budget issues the new Pope Lion XIV will establish DOVE (Department of Vatican Efficiency) with the same manager as the Conclave www.biblestudytools.com/bible-study/...
Per la cronaca, noi (le onde) abbiamo vinto il derby il che porta le sfide INO-IFN sul 2-0. (Secondo le regole di C&S vince chi ne sposta di più tra l'inizio e la fine e noi abbiamo vinto ma senza conquistare la maggioranza, un po' come il PCI negli anni '70)
World Quantum Day dell'International Day of Quantum Technologies degnamente celebrato con il match Calci&Sputi "onde contro particelle" artisticamente presentato da Jacopo Peretti Cucchi e magistralmente illustrato da Gabriele Peddes.
Sarà il vero derby di Roma! Visto il dualismo tra le parti, ecciterà gli stati degli spettatori! Noi di CNR/INO sosterremo le onde contro le particelle locali!
Il CNR discute di #meccanicaquantistica a calci e sputi. Vieni?
🗓️ 14 aprile 2025, ore 9:30 – 12:30
📍 Aula Convegni, CNR – Piazzale Aldo Moro 7, Roma
#quantum #divulgazionescientifica #IYQ2025 #comics
Sarò a Roma per il Quantum Day (14/04) a giocare il derby "Onde contro Particelle". Voleranno Calci&Sputi (e cartellini giallo-rossi, nel senso di una sovrapposizione di stati) registrazioneeventi.cnr.it/event/111/pr...
Ci sarò anche io per 7 caldissimi minuti (10 Aprile, 14:24, Aula Magna) a presentare il nuovo corso sulla Fusione Nucleare per la Laurea magistrale www.iltirreno.it/pisa/cronaca...
Cover of "A Superintense Laser-Plasma Interaction Theory Primer" book.
With an enormous delay, I just submitted the manuscript of the 2nd edition of this ultrathin book. The original project was to change a 20% of the text, I ended up rewriting more than 80% (as a reviewer, today I would not recommend the 1st edition ...)
intorno allo sci gira tanta fisica (ma suggerisco di non pensarci durante la discesa)
Nous parlerons de la pression de la lumière avec une bière pression (Pisa, 04/02/2025, 18:45)
In our special January issue, we present articles from the Physics Today archives that describe the birth of modern quantum mechanics and emerging applications that have the potential to transform both science and society.
pubs.aip.org/physicstoday...
#IYQ2025 #Quantum #PhysicsToday
I've been voluntarily serving APS (
@apsphysics.bsky.social
) as a reviewer since 25 years and more recently as an associate editor. I am confident that this 2017 editorial is still valid as it supports my motivations.
"I was tempted to decline your invitation since a two days deadline for a review is ridiculous, unless one is asked to evaluate the work by the title only. However, this was indeed the case and the title revealed that the manuscript is ridiculous as well, which makes the procedure consistent."
La cosa più sorprendente (per me), su cui l'articolo non ci dice molto, è che abbia preparato (?) e discusso la tesi in Fisica senza averla mai studiata (a ripensarci, non è troppo sorprendente ... sigh!)
The logo of the Accademia dei Lincei and the old banknote with Marconi and some of the objects related to him.
On December 17 I will celebrate Marconi at the Accademia dei Lincei in Rome, with a talk (in Italian) on "Discovering the Ionosphere", the ionized layer in the sky which made long distance radio communications possible. Follow in presence or in streaming: www.lincei.it/it/manifesta...
The graphical summary of my talk on Nuclear Fusion at the Lucca Comics&Science Palace 2024, from the great Gabriele Peddes
The traditional CNR/INO Christmas Lecture! Friday December 20, 15:30, on YouTube ( (www.youtube.com/@cnr-ino/str...). My 10 minutes (in Italian) will be about nuclear fusion for everybody (in a dual sense).
