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Luisa has an MA in physics from Sapienza University of Rome and a PhD in history of science from Bari University, Italy. Her research interests lie in the history of twentieth-century physics, focusing in particular on the evolution of cosmic-ray research and neutrino astrophysics, nuclear and elementary particle physics, high-energy astrophysics, early developments of colliders in Europe, early research on thermonuclear fusion, and oral history.
From 2015–2016 Luisa was part of the project “Renaissance of General Relativity” at the MPIWG, undertaking research on the emergence of relativistic astrophysics during the 1950s and early 1960s.
Since joining the Max Planck Research Program on the History of the Max Planck Society (GMPG) in 2016, she has been working on the history of research undertaken in astrophysics, astronomy, cosmology, and space sciences at the Max Planck Society after World War 2 and, together with Juan-Andres Leon, is currently completing a book resulting from this research, which is scheduled to be published by Brill in 2020.
Her current projects focus in particular on the emergence of astroparticle physics.
Selected Publications
Bonolis, L. (2017). Stellar structure and compact objects before 1940: towards relativistic astrophysics. The European physical journal. H, 42(2), 311-393. doi:10.1140/epjh/e2017-80014-4.
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Lebowitz, J. L., & Bonolis, L. (2017). A life in statistical mechanics. Part 1: From Chedar in Taceva to Yeshiva University in New York. The European physical journal. H, 42(1), 1-21. doi:10.1140/epjh/e2017-80006-9.
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Blum, A. S., Bonolis, L., Lalli, R., & Renn, J. (2015). La relatività dopo la guerra. Le Scienze: Edizione Italiana di Scientific American, 567, 48-53.
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Bonolis, L. (2014). International scientific cooperation during the 1930s: Bruno Rossi and the development of the status of cosmic rays into a branch of physics. Annals of Science, 71(3), 355-409.
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Bonolis, L. (2014). From cosmic ray physics to cosmic ray astronomy: Bruno Rossi and the opening of new windows on the universe. Astroparticle Physics, 53, 67-85. doi:10.1016/j.astropartphys.2013.05.008.
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Bonolis, L., Dionisi, C., & Robotti, N. (
Read MoreEds. ). (2014). The legacy of Bruno Pontecorvo: the man and the scientist. Bologna: Società italiana di Fisica.
Di Castro, C., & Bonolis, L. (2014). The beginnings of theoretical condensed matter physics in Rome: a personal remembrance. The European Physical Journal H, 39(1), 3-36.
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Events at the MPIWG
Workshop
Opening New Windows on the Cosmos: Astrophysics and Astronomy in the History of the Max Planck Society
MOREPresentations, Talks, & Teaching Activities
Annual meeting of the Italian Society for the History of Physics and Astronomy.
European Gravitational Observatory-VIRGO Cascina (Pisa)
Conference Luigi Bianchi. Between Galois & Einstein.
École Normale Supérieure (Paris), Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere e Arti, Venice.
Prague. Symposium "Enduring Ideas, New Alliances: Social and Epistemic Factors in the Renaissance of General Relativity", 7th European Society for the History of Science Conference
CERN, Geneva.
European Week of Astronomy and Space Science, Prague.
Symposium Relativity at 100, European Week of Astronomy and Space Science.
Annual meeting of the European Astronomical Society, Prague.
Sapienza University, Rome. Thermonuclear fusion, Space exploration and frontier research in astrophysics: History and Obstacles. Department of Astronautical, Electrical and Energy Engineering.
International Solvay Institutes, Bruxelles
Harnack House, Berlin. A Century of General Relativity, November 30 - December 2, 2015
Sapienza University, Rome
DESY, Hamburg
International School for Advanced Studies, Trieste
Bad Saarow/Pieskow
Courses at the annual Winter School on History of Physics organized by the Italian Association for Physics Teaching (A.I.F.)
University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy