Videos by S. Esposito Ettore Majorana History and Didactics of Physics talks and conferences History of Physics popularization Popular science Additional videos Print Ettore Majorana Ettore Majorana: the man and the intimate genius of the scientist Popular conference for the series "Incontri dell'Umanesimo della Nuova Accademia Olimpia", Caserta May 2018 Ettore Majorana, the exceptional genius of a theoretical physicist Conference by S. Esposito at the Department of Physics of the University of Catania December 2016 Ettore Majorana, il processo Boutade at the Masseria Monteoliveto with C. Patruno, S. Esposito and L. Cuomo (special event at the XXXVI National Congress of the Italian Society of the Historians of Physics and Astronomy - Naples, 4-7 October 2016) October 2016 The vacant chair Launch of the book "La cattedra vacante" by S. Esposito at the Liguori publishing house September 2009 History and Didactics of Physics talks and conferences Oersted, Ampere, Faraday and the "revolutions" of 1820-21 Talk by S. Esposito at the XL National Congress of the Italian Society of the Historians of Physics and Astronomy online, 8-10 September 2020 A project for excellent high-school students Talk by S. Esposito t the Panel Discussion "The contribution of history to the teaching of physics and astronomy" at the XXXIX National Congress of the Italian Society of the Historians of Physics and Astronomy Pisa, 9-12 September 2019 With the eyes of the witness "Poli's engine" for the King of Naples Talk by S. Esposito at the XXXVIII National Congress of the Italian Society of the Historians of Physics and Astronomy Messina, 3-6 October 2018 A less known Feynman: an interplay between physics and biology at the Hughes Aircraft Company Talk by M. Di Mauro, S. Esposito and A. Naddeo at the XXXVII National Congress of the Italian Society of the Historians of Physics and Astronomy Bari, 26-29 September 2017 Darwin and the others The reception of Poli's Testacea outside Italy and other recent discoveries about the Molfetta scientist Talk by S. Esposito at the XXXVII National Congress of the Italian Society of the Historians of Physics and Astronomy Bari, 26-29 September 2017 Enlightenment in the Kingdom of Naples The legacy of Giuseppe Saverio Poli through archive documents Talk by S. Esposito at the XXXVI National Congress of the Italian Society of the Historians of Physics and Astronomy Naples, 4-7 October 2016 History of Physics popularization Magnetic revolutions, electrifying experiences A historical reconstruction of the birth of the electromagnetism A project by Salvatore Esposito In collaboration with Matteo Olimpo November 2020 Alessandro Volta: And there was the pile... Presentazione Hans Christian Oersted: A question resolved experimentally... Magnetiche preparations - the backstage A.M. Ampere and F. Arago: Merits in electro-magnetic science... Electrifying presentations - the backstage Michael Faraday: The useful effects of a new power... Following Michael Faraday The blazing story of a burning candle Popular reconstruction of the experiments from "The chemical history of a candle" by Michael Faraday A project by Salvatore Esposito In collaboration with Matteo Olimpo September 2020 Experiment N.1: an incessant flame Experiment N.5: consuming oxygen Experiment N.2: updrafts Experiment N.6: mechanical actions on a flame Experiment N.3: shadows from a cavity Experiment N.7: a free-falling flame Experiment N.4: white vapor and black smoke Experiment N.8: an incredible blaze The colours of Newton's Opticks A reconstruction of the experiments on the "celebrated phenomena of coloursi" Video realized ta the Liceo Statale "Virgilio" in Pozzuoli (Naples, Italy) A project by Salvatore Esposito September 2019 Experiment N.1: a broken line Experiment N.6: a double refraction Experiment N.2: an unexpected form Experiment N.7: overlapping refractions Experiment N.3: the circle returns Experiment N.8: one prism, many refractions Experiment N.4: colours over colours Experiment N.9: reflected vs refracted Experiment N.5: partition edges Esperimento N.10: experimentum crucis The general achievement of Newton's mechanics A reconstruction of Atwood's experiments Video realized at the Physics Museum of the University of Naples "Federico II" A film by S. Esposito, E Schettino June 2012 Italian language version Macedonio Melloni and the refrigerating power of moonlight rays A reconstruction of a historical experiment Video realized at the Physics Museum of the University of Naples "Federico II" A film by S. Esposito, E Schettino June 2011 Italian language version Il laboratorio di Galileo Video of the inauguration of the exhibition "Il laboratorio di Galileo" Physics Museum of the University of Naples "Federico II" September - December 2009 Video of the backstage of the exhibition Popular science Wednesday science Images from the scientific "revolution" in the Kingdom of Naples Popular conferences for the general public at Palazzo Toledo in Pozzuoli (Naples, Italy) January-April 2019 First meeting: The achievement of a "new" science - Giuseppe Saverio Poli's work Second meeting: A steam engine for His Sicilian Majesty Third meeting: Science collections and naturalism in the late XVIII and early XIX centuries Fourth meeting: Macedonio Melloni and the refrigerating power of moonlight rays Candlelight Exps and jokes following Michael Faraday Science show at the Liceo "Virgilio" in Pozzuoli (Naples) February 2018 The wick with the twisted threads Ascensional currents A hollow flame White smoke and black smoke Oxygen and carbon dioxide Three candles are going out The flame is bending A falling candle Setting fire to the flour Catching cosmic rays A film by S. Esposito and P. Mastroserio May 2017 Original Italian version History of a burning candle Simple experiments for great ideas Popular conference by S. Esposito at the Astronomical Park "La Torre del Sole" (Brembate di Sopra - Bg, Italy) May 2013 Shadow of the candle's flame A magnet acting on the flame Changing the atmospheric pressure Air burning candles Burning wheat Additional videos Workshop SISFA "40 years of History of Physics and Astronomy in Italy" (online, 15-16 December 2021) Talks at the Workshop December 2021 SISFA Seminars 2021-2022 Talks October 2021-June 2022 XLI National Congress of the Italian Society of the Historians of Physics and Astronomy (Arezzo, 6-9 September 2021) Talks at the Congress September 2021 SISFA Seminars 2021 Talks March-June 2021 International SISFA Workshop "Observing, sensing, detecting - Toward a multi-layered picture of the Universe from historical and epistemological perspectives" (online, 4-5 February 2021) Talks at the Workshop February 2021 XL National Congress of the Italian Society of the Historians of Physics and Astronomy (online, 8-10 September 2020) Talks at the Congress September 2020 SISFA Workshop - Pisa 2019 "The mass concept between history and didactics of physics and astronomy" (Pisa, 11-13 September 2019) Talks at the Workshop September 2019 XXXIX National Congress of the Italian Society of the Historians of Physics and Astronomy (Pisa, 9-12 September 2019) Talks at the Congress September 2019 XXXVIII National Congress of the Italian Society of the Historians of Physics and Astronomy (Messina, 3-6 October 2018) Talks at the Congress October 2018 SISFA Workshop - Rome 2018 "Perspectives in the History of Exact Sciences - Between Physics and Philosophy" (Rome 20-21 April 2018) Talks at the Workshop April 2018 XXXVII National Congress of the Italian Society of the Historians of Physics and Astronomy (Bari, 26-29 September 2017) Talks at the Congress September 2017 XXXVI National Congress of the Italian Society of the Historians of Physics and Astronomy (Naples, 4-7 October 2016) Talks at the Congress October 2016 The closed garden 60000 souls under the sea A film by Salvatore Esposito September 2016