Majorana, Ettore

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Name
Majorana, Ettore Gender: M
born on 5 August 1906 at 20:15 (= 8:15 PM )
Place Catania, Italy, 37n30, 15e06
Timezone MET h1e (is standard time)
Data source
Bio/autobiography
Rodden Rating B
Collector: Treindl
Astrology data s_su.18.gif s_leocol.18.gif 12°25' s_mo.18.gif s_aqucol.18.gif 28°40 Asc.s_piscol.18.gif 09°31'



Portrait of Ettore Majorana 
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Ettore Majorana
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Biography

Italian theoretical physicist who began work on neutrino masses. He disappeared suddenly in mysterious circumstances at the age of 31. The Majorana equation and Majorana fermions are named after him.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Relationships

  • business associate/partner relationship with Rasetti , Franco (born 10 August 1901). Notes: Colleagues
  • (has as) mentor relationship with Bohr, Niels (born 7 October 1885)

Events

  • Death, Mysterious 26 March 1938 in Palermo (Boarded ship in Palermo evening of 26 March 1938. Was never seen again.)
    chart Placidus Equal_H.

Source Notes

From the biography by J. Magueijo, A Brilliant Darkness, New York City, Basic Books, 2009. Reported by Astrodienst forum member Detuk on 1-Mar-2012.

Categories

  • Personal : Death : Other Death (mysterious, possibly suicide)
  • Vocation : Science : Physics