Riccardo Giacconi

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Riccardo Giacconi was an Italian-American astrophysicist and Nobel laureate widely regarded as a pioneer of X-ray astronomy.

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Nobel laureate
astrophysicist
human
awardReceived Heineman Prize for Astrophysics
surface form: Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics

Henry Norris Russell Lectureship
National Medal of Science
Nobel Prize in Physics
countryOfCitizenship Italy
United States of America
dateOfBirth 1931-10-06
dateOfDeath 2018-12-09
degree PhD in physics
educatedAt University of Milan
employer American Science and Engineering
Harvard University
Johns Hopkins University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Space Telescope Science Institute
familyName Giacconi
fieldOfWork X-ray astronomy
astrophysics
fullName Riccardo Giacconi self-link
gender male
givenName Riccardo
knownFor Chandra X-ray Observatory
Uhuru X-ray satellite
discovery of cosmic X-ray sources
pioneering X-ray astronomy
languageSpoken English
Italian
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences
National Academy of Sciences
NobelPrize.category Physics
NobelPrize.motivation for pioneering contributions to astrophysics, which have led to the discovery of cosmic X-ray sources
NobelPrize.year 2002
notableWork Chandra X-ray Observatory planning
Einstein Observatory
surface form: Einstein Observatory (HEAO-2)

Uhuru X-ray satellite
surface form: Uhuru (SAS-1) X-ray astronomy satellite
placeOfBirth Genoa
Kingdom of Italy
placeOfDeath California, United States
surface form: California

San Diego
United States of America
positionHeld director of the Space Telescope Science Institute
president of Associated Universities, Inc.
professor at Johns Hopkins University

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Bruno Rossi supervisedStudent Riccardo Giacconi
Masatoshi Koshiba sharedNobelPrizeWith Riccardo Giacconi
Henry Draper Medal notableRecipient Riccardo Giacconi
Riccardo Giacconi fullName Riccardo Giacconi self-link
Raymond Davis Jr. NobelPrize.sharedWith Riccardo Giacconi
Riccardo hasNotableBearers Riccardo Giacconi
this entity surface form: Riccardo Giacconi (Italian-American astrophysicist)