Giuseppe Cocconi

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Giuseppe Cocconi was an Italian physicist best known for co-authoring one of the first scientific proposals for the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI), helping to launch the modern era of SETI research.


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instanceOf Italian physicist
human
physicist
authorOf Searching for Interstellar Communications
citizenship Italian
coAuthor Philip Morrison
countryOfCitizenship Italy
educatedAt University of Milan
employer CERN
fieldOfWork astrophysics
cosmic ray physics
particle physics
physics
search for extraterrestrial intelligence
gender male
hasFamilyName Cocconi
hasGivenName Giuseppe
influenced modern SETI research
knownFor co-authoring one of the first scientific proposals for SETI
helping to launch the modern era of SETI research
languageOfWorkOrName Italian
memberOf CERN scientific staff
movement SETI
notableIdea use of 21-centimeter hydrogen line for interstellar communication
notableWork Searching for Interstellar Communications
occupation physicist
proposed radio search for extraterrestrial civilizations near 21 cm hydrogen line
publicationYear 1959
publishedIn Nature
workLocation CERN
Geneva

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Philip Morrison coAuthor Giuseppe Cocconi
SETI pioneeredBy Giuseppe Cocconi

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