Biography & Career
Italian-American astrophysicist (1931-2018)
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Zodiac Sign
Libra
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Riccardo Giacconi
Nationality
Italy
Date of Birth
06/10/1931
Eternal Presence
94 years 125 days
Date of Death
09/12/2018
Place of Birth
Genoa
GIαΊ’I THΖ―α»NG TIΓU BIα»U
Nobel Prize in Physics
Fulbright Scholarship
Bruce Medal
Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics
National Medal of Science
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
Wolf Prize in Physics
Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy
Karl Schwarzschild Medal
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
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