
Riccardo Giacconi
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Riccardo Giacconi ( jə-KOH-nee, Italian: [rikˈkardo dʒakˈkoːni]; October 6, 1931 – December 9, 2018) was an Italian-American Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist who laid down the foundations of X-ray astronomy. He was a professor at the Johns Hopkins University.
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Data from a Satellite: X-Ray Astronomy. Proceedings of an institute, Erice, Sicily, July 1979. Riccardo Giacconi and Giancarlo Setti, Eds, Reidel, Boston, 1980 (distributor, Kluwer Boston, Hingham, Mass.). viii, 406 pp., illus. $47.50. NATO Advanced Study Institu
Riccardo Giacconi, Nobel-winner who used X-rays to explore the universe, dies at 87
Riccardo Giacconi, Nobel laureate known as the father of X-ray astronomy, dies at 87
Riccardo Giacconi, scientist who shared the Nobel Prize for his work in X-ray astronomy
Riccardo Giacconi, 87, Explorer of the Universe Through X-Rays, Dies (Published 2018)
Riccardo Giacconi (1931-2018): A Hero of the Heroic Age of Astronomy - Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian