Paolo Straneo
Paolo Pietro Straneo was an Italian mathematical physicist.Biography
Straneo studied at ETH Zurich, where he met and was a friend of Einstein. In 1897 he received his Ph.D. in natural philosophy of the University of Zurich. From 1899 he was a libero docente in mathematical physics and for some years he was a docente incaricato in mathematical physics at the University of Turin. After a period of working as a libero professionista, in 1924 he again became a libero docente and was put in charge of mathematical physics at the University of Genoa. There, from 1925 he was a professor ordinarius in mathematical physics and also taught theoretical physics.
He did research on mathematical physics, in particular, the theory of relativity.
He contributed to the Enciclopedia Hoepli delle Matematiche elementari the articles: Teoria generale delle dimensioni fisiche and Materia, irraggiamento e fisica quantistica.
Straneo was an Invited Speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in 1928 in Bologna and in 1932 in Zürich. He was elected a member of the Accademia nazionale dei Lincei.- Intorno alla teoria dei quanti, Roma, 1931.
- Compendio delle lezioni di fisica teorica, Libreria Internazionale Di Stefano, Genova, 1944; 472 pages.
- Cinquant'anni di relatività. 1905-1955, foreword by Albert Einstein. Edizioni Giuntine e Sansoni Editore, Firenze, 1955.
- Le teorie della fisica nel loro sviluppo storico, ed. Morcelliana, Brescia, 1959; 449 pages.
