Riccardo Giacconi

talian-American astrophysicist

Died when: 87 years 64 days (1046 months)
Star Sign: Libra

 

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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