Riccardo Giacconi - Nobel Prize in Physics — 2002
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Riccardo Giacconi

Prize
Nobel Prize in Physics — 2002
for pioneering contributions to astrophysics, which have led to the discovery of cosmic X-ray sources
Together with: Masatoshi Koshiba, Raymond Davis Jr.
Citizenship
Kingdom of ItalyKingdom of ItalyUnited StatesUnited StatesItalyItaly
Languages
English, Italian
date of birth
10/6/1931
place of birth
Genoa
date of death
12/9/2018
place of death
San Diego
Lived
87 years

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occupation
  • astronomer
  • astrologer
  • university teacher
  • physicist
  • visual artist
  • astrophysicist
field of work
  • cosmic radiation
  • astronomy
  • astrophysics
  • physics
educated at
  • University of Milan
    • academic degree: Doctor
    • end time: 1954
employer
  • Harvard University
  • European Southern Observatory
  • Johns Hopkins University
position held
  • ESO’s Director General
    • start time: 1993
    • end time: 1999
work location
  • Baltimore
member of
  • National Academy of Sciences
  • Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
    • start time: 12/16/1985
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • American Astronomical Society
  • American Philosophical Society
    • start time: 2001
  • American Physical Society
doctoral student
  • Eric D. Feigelson
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