Franco Rasetti

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Franco Rasetti was an Italian physicist and member of Enrico Fermi’s famed “Via Panisperna boys,” known for his contributions to nuclear physics before later turning to paleontology and natural sciences.

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instanceOf Italian physicist
human
naturalist
paleontologist
physicist
collaboratedWith Bruno Pontecorvo NERFINISHED
Edoardo Amaldi NERFINISHED
Emilio Segrè NERFINISHED
Enrico Fermi NERFINISHED
Oscar D’Agostino NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Italy
educatedAt Sapienza University of Rome NERFINISHED
employer ETH Zurich NERFINISHED
University of Florence NERFINISHED
University of Rome NERFINISHED
Université de Montréal NERFINISHED
familyName Rasetti NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork natural sciences
nuclear physics
paleontology
spectroscopy
givenName Franco NERFINISHED
knownFor contributions to nuclear physics with the Via Panisperna group
early experiments in neutron-induced radioactivity
later work in paleontology and natural history
leaving nuclear physics research before World War II
languageSpoken English
French
Italian
memberOf Enrico Fermi group NERFINISHED
Via Panisperna boys NERFINISHED
movedTo Canada NERFINISHED
United States NERFINISHED
name Franco Rasetti NERFINISHED
notableStudent Bruno Pontecorvo NERFINISHED
notableWork Rasetti effect in Raman spectra NERFINISHED
occupation paleontologist
physicist
university teacher
reasonForNotWorkingOnManhattanProject ethical objections to nuclear weapons
religion Roman Catholicism
workLocation Florence NERFINISHED
Montreal NERFINISHED
Rome
Zurich NERFINISHED

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Edoardo Amaldi closeCollaborator Franco Rasetti
Via Panisperna boys member Franco Rasetti
Ettore Majorana colleague Franco Rasetti
Giuseppe Levi notableStudent Franco Rasetti