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Riccardo Giacconi (* 6. Oktober 1931 in Genua , Königreich Italien ; † 9. Dezember 2018 in San Diego , Kalifornien ) war ein italienisch-amerikanischer Astrophysiker , der 2002 mit dem Nobelpreis für Physik „für bahnbrechende Arbeiten in der Astrophysik, die zur Entdeckung von kosmischen Röntgenquellen geführt haben ...
Biographical. In Memory of Marc Antonio Giacconi and dedicated to my wife, Mirella, and to our daughters, Anna and Guia. I. Early years. I was born in Genoa, Italy, on October 6, 1931, but I spent most of my life until 1956 in Milano. I was the only child. My mother, Elsa Canni Giacconi, was a teacher of Mathematics and Physics at the high ...
Riccardo Giacconi (/ dʒ ə ˈ k oʊ n i / 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.
Prof. Riccardo Giacconi is the current Director General of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), a leading astronomical organisation in Chile. Learn more about his background, achievements, and vision for ESO on this web page.
22. Jan. 2019 · A tribute to the astronomer who pioneered X-ray astronomy and won the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics. Learn about his life, achievements, discoveries and legacy in the field of space observatories.
- Giuseppina Fabbiano
- 2019
25. Jan. 2019 · Riccardo Giacconi, one of the most charismatic and influential figures of astrophysics in the modern era, died on 9 December 2018. He was 87. Giacconi was a co-recipient of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics for “pioneering contributions to astrophysics, which have led to the discovery of cosmic x-ray sources.”.
26. Apr. 2024 · Riccardo Giacconi (born October 6, 1931, Genoa, Italy—died November 9, 2018, San Diego, California, U.S.) was an Italian-born physicist who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2002 for his seminal discoveries of cosmic sources of X-rays, which helped lay the foundations for the field of X-ray astronomy.
