Background
Fumi, Fausto Gherardo was born on August 22, 1924 in Milan, Italy. Son of Riccardo and Elfrida (Fischer) Fumi.
(The last ten years have witnessed considerable developmen...)
The last ten years have witnessed considerable developments in new materials and in experimental techniques for their preparation, characterization and study. Various new fundamental phenomena have been discovered and new directions for applications have come to life - e.g. quantum wells and superlattices, high T- c superconductors, scanning tunnelling microscopy and the various techniques involving the use of sources of synchrotron radiation. This book reviews main areas of current interest in the study of the physical properties of materials, from basic concepts and analytical laboratory techniques to developments in technical applications and is directed to solid-state physicists and chemists, materials scientists and materials and device engineers.
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Fumi, Fausto Gherardo was born on August 22, 1924 in Milan, Italy. Son of Riccardo and Elfrida (Fischer) Fumi.
Master of Science in Physical Chemistry, U. Genoa (Italy), 1946, Doctor of Science in Physics, 1948. Postdoctoral fellow Carnegie Institute Technology, 1948-1949, University of Illinois, 1949-1951. Lecturer statistical mechanics U. Milan, 1951-1954.
Research fellow Cavendish Laboratory, U. Cambridge, 1954-1955.
Professor theoretical physics U. Palermo, 1955-1957,U. Pavia, 1957-1959. Research consultant International Business Machines Corporation Research Laboratory, Yorktown Heights, New York, 1959-1960.
Visiting research professor physics Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1960. Senior scientist Argonne (Illinois) National Laboratory, 1961-1965.
Professor physics Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1962-1966.
Professor theoretical physics, director Institute Physics, U. Palermo, 1966-1969. Visiting professor H. H. Wills Physics Laboratory, U. Bristol (United Kingdom), 1974-1975. Royal Society visiting professor department theoretical physics U. Oxford (United Kingdom), 1978-1979.
Professor solid state physics U. Genoa, 1969-1991, professor emeritus, 1991.
Member Commission des Publs. Francaises de Physique, 1973-1978.
Member of national physics committee Italian Research Council, 1974-1976. Member solid state commission International Union Pure andApplied Physics, 1972-1978.
Postdoctoral fellow Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1948-1949, University Illinois, 1949-1951. Lecturer statistical mechanics University Milan, 1951-1954. Research fellow Cavendish Laboratory University Cambridge, 1954-1955.
Professor theoretical physics University Palermo, 1955-1957, University Pavia, 1957-1959. Research consultant International Business Machines Corporation Research Laboratory, Yorktown Heights, New York, 1959-1960. Visiting research professor physics Cornell University, Ithaca, 1960.
Senior scientist Argonne (Illinois) National Laboratory, 1961-1965. Professor physics Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1962-1966. Professor theoretical physics, director Institute Physics University Palermo, 1966-1969.
Visiting professor H. H. Wills Physics Laboratory University Bristol, England, 1974-1975. Royal Society visiting professor department theoretical physics University Oxford, England, 1978-1979. Professor solid state physics University Genoa, 1969-1991, professor emeritus, since 1991.
Member Commission des Publications Francaises de Physique, 1973-1978. Member national physics committee Italian Research Council, 1974-1976. Member solid state commission International Union Pure and Applied Physics, 1972-1978.
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Fellow American Physical Society, British Institute Physics. Member European Physical Society (member of council 1981-1984), Académie Européenne Des Sciences, Italian Physical Society (director International School 1957, Centenary prize 1997), Sigma Xi.
Married Lina Buiatti, January 26, 1951 (deceased March 1985). Children: Renata, Elena. Married Paola Fava, May 27, 1989.