CAF-Elhuyar awards (2018), CAF-Elhuyar awards (2019) | University of the Basque Country | October 6, 1987 - January 19, 1956 | Josu Lopez-Gazpio | October
Riccardo Giacconi
- Genoa: October 6, 1931 celebration
- San Diego: December 9, 2018 celebration


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Riccardo Giacconi -
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Riccardo Giacconi -
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celebration Date of birth
Genoa: October 6, 1931 -
deceased Rest in Peace
San Diego: December 9, 2018 -
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engineering Field of Work
- astronomy
- physics
- cosmic radiation
- astrophysics
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school Education
- University of Milan
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trophy Awards & Honors
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
- NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal (1980)
- Karl Schwarzschild Medal (2004)
- honorary doctor of the University of Uppsala
- Wolf Prize in Physics (1987)
- Great Immigrants Award (2008)
- Henry Norris Russell Lectureship (1981)
- Marcel Grossmann Award (2000)
- Elliott Cresson Medal (1980)
- Nobel Prize in Physics (2002)
- Fulbright Scholarship
- Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award (1975)
- Bruce Medal (1981)
- Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics (1981)
- Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy (1966)
- honorary doctor of the University of Padua
- Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1982)
- National Medal of Science (2003)
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social_leaderboard Notable Works
- Italian American astrophysicist | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal (1980), Karl