Riccardo Giacconi
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 7 years ago |
| Date of birth | October 6,1931 |
| Zodiac sign | Libra |
| Born | Genoa |
| Italy | |
| Date of died | December 9,2018 |
| Known for | Astrophysics |
| Job | Astrophysicist |
| Books | Secrets of the Hoary Deep: A Personal History of Modern Astronomy |
| The X-ray Universe | |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Physics |
| Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society | |
| Bruce Medal | |
| Elliott Cresson Medal | |
| National Medal of Science for Physical Science | |
| Henry Norris Russell Lectureship | |
| Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics | |
| Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy | |
| Wolf Prize in Physics | |
| Died | San Diego |
| California | |
| United States | |
| Education | University of Milan |
| Spouse | Mirella Giacconi |
| Nationality | American |
| Italian | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 566875 |
Riccardo Giacconi Life story
Riccardo Giacconi 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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