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Mar 2023
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370 // Ettore Majorana

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In this episode Crawlspace Media's Tim Pilleri, Lance Reenstierna and Jennifer Amell discuss the disappearance of Ettore Majorana from Catania, Italy on March 25th, 1938.

Majorana was a world renown theoretical physicist in the prime of his life who sent several cryptic letters to family and colleagues before mysteriously vanishing.

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This episode was researched by Maryann Stone White.

Sources/Links

https://cerncourier.com/a/ettore-majorana-genius-and-mystery/ https://historyofyesterday.com/ettore-majorana-the-genius-who-disappeared-for-70-years/

https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/technology/article/1713456/science-focus-italy-closes-case- physicians-mysterious

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/173/1/012019/pdf

https://prabook.com/web/ettore.majorana/3757343

https://www.gingkoedizioni.it/ettore-majorana-was-alive-in-venezuela-up-to-the-late-fifties/

https://www.science20.com/quantum_diaries_survivor/ettore_majorana_mystery_might_be_solved-79823

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ettore_Majorana 

https://nautil.us/the-disappearing-physicist-and-his-elusive-particle-234902/

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