Emilio Segrè

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Emilio Segrè was an Italian-American physicist and Nobel laureate known for co-discovering the antiproton and contributing to the development of nuclear physics and the Manhattan Project.

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instanceOf Italian-American
Nobel laureate in Physics
human
nuclear physicist
physicist
academicDegree PhD in physics
authored Enrico Fermi: Physicist
From X-rays to Quarks: Modern Physicists and Their Discoveries
Nuclei and Particles
awardReceived Franklin Medal
Nobel Prize in Physics
burialPlace Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery, Los Angeles
coRecipientOfNobelPrizeWith Owen Chamberlain
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Italy
United States of America
dateOfBirth 1905-02-01
dateOfDeath 1989-04-22
doctoralAdvisor Enrico Fermi
educatedAt University of Rome La Sapienza
employer Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
University of California, Berkeley
University of Palermo
University of Rome La Sapienza
ethnicGroup Italian Jew
familyName Segrè
fieldOfWork nuclear physics
particle physics
physics
givenName Emilio
knownFor co-discovery of the antiproton
contributions to nuclear reactor physics
discovery of astatine
discovery of plutonium-239 fission properties
discovery of technetium
participation in the Manhattan Project
memberOf Via Panisperna boys
movedTo United States of America
name Emilio Gino Segrè
NobelPrizeInPhysicsFor discovery of the antiproton
NobelPrizeInPhysicsYear 1959
notableStudent Owen Chamberlain
occupation research scientist
university professor
placeOfBirth Tivoli, Italy
placeOfDeath Lafayette, California, United States
reasonForMigration anti-Jewish racial laws in Fascist Italy
religion Judaism
spouse Elfriede Segrè
workedAt Los Alamos Laboratory
workedOn Manhattan Project

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