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<<There are several categories of scientists in the world; those of second or third rank do their best but never get very far. Then there is the first rank, those who make important discoveries, fundamental to scientific progress. But then there are the geniuses, like Galilei and Newton. Majorana was one of these.>> —(Enrico Fermi about Majorana, Rome 1938)

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The story is just begging for a Dan Brown style book: a missing genius, a Majorana codex containing the secrets of the Universe, the power that goes with knowing those secrets, a secret Illuminati with connections to Galilei and Newton, a connection to the Cosa Nostra, throw in a Roman/Vatican connection, a WWII connection... A rip roaring novel (with screen rights) is in there somewhere!




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