Riccardo Giacconi
Italian-American astrophysicist (1931–2018) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Riccardo Giacconi (/dʒəˈkoʊni/ jə-KOH-nee, Italian: [rikˈkardo dʒakˈkoːni]; October 6, 1931 – December 9, 2018) was an Italian-American Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist who laid down the foundations of X-ray astronomy. He was a professor at the Johns Hopkins University.
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Riccardo Giacconi | |
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Born | (1931-10-06)6 October 1931 |
Died | 9 December 2018(2018-12-09) (aged 87) San Diego, California, U.S. |
Nationality | Italian American |
Alma mater | University of Milan |
Known for | Astrophysics |
Awards | Elliott Cresson Medal (1980) Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics (1981) Nobel Prize in Physics (2002) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Institutions | Johns Hopkins University Chandra X-ray Observatory |
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