Riccardo Giacconi
October 6, 1931 –December 9, 2018
Astronomer, Physicist, University teacher, Astrophysicist, Visual artist, Astrologer
Lived 87 years
- Born in
- Genoa
- Passed away in
- San Diego
Riccardo Giacconi ( 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.
Awards: Nobel Prize in Physics, NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal, Elliott Cresson Medal, Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy, Henry Norris Russell Lectureship, Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, National Medal of Science, Karl Schwarzschild Medal, Wolf Prize in Physics, Bruce Medal Education: University of Milan
Source: Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riccardo_Giacconi