FOUNDATIONS OF PHYSICS IN MILAN, PADUA AND PARIS. NEWTONIAN TRAJECTORIES FROM CELESTIAL MECHANICS TO ATOMIC PHYSICS

Foundations of physics in Milan, Padua and Paris. Newtonian trajectories from celestial mechanics to atomic physics

This paper is written, in a very informal and colloquial style, on the occasion of the seventieth birthday of Antonio Giorgilli.The aim is to describe how his first scientific works were actually conceived within a group that happened to be formed in 33 14.50 r24 the years seventies with an ambitious program on the foundations of physics.Namely, to

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