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- Giacconi, R.
- Giacconi, R. (Riccardo)
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Birth Date
- 1931-10-06
Death Date
- 2018-12-09
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1999
- Source: New York times WWW site, viewed Dec. 18, 2018
- Organization: (naf) Associated Universities, Inc.
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation End: 1999
- Source: New York times WWW site, viewed Dec. 18, 2018
- Organization: European Southern Observatory
Has Affiliation
- Source: New York times WWW site, viewed Dec. 18, 2018
- Organization: Space Telescope Science Institute (U.S.)
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1973
- Affiliation End: 1981
- Source: New York times WWW site, viewed Dec. 18, 2018
- Organization: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1959
- Source: New York times WWW site, viewed Dec. 18, 2018
- Organization: (naf) American Science and Engineering, Inc.
Birth Place
- Genoa (Italy)
Associated Language
- English
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Earlier Established Forms
- Giacconi, R.
Sources
- found: His An X-ray telescope, 1965.
- found: X-ray astronomy with the Einstein satellite, c1981:t.p. (Riccardo Giacconi) CIP data sheet (b. 10-6-31)
- found: New York times WWW site, viewed Dec. 18, 2018(in obituary published Dec. 13: Riccardo Giacconi; b. Oct. 6, 1931, Genoa; grew up mostly in Milan; d. Sunday [Dec. 9, 2018], La Jolla, San Diego, aged 87; astrophysicist who won the Nobel Prize for pioneering the study of the universe through the X-rays emitted by the most violent actors in the cosmos, including black holes, exploding stars, and galumphing clouds of galaxies)
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Change Notes
- 1980-09-30: new
- 2018-12-18: revised
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