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Showing posts with label Science. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Science. Show all posts
28 October 2024

Ulisse Dini – mathematician and politician

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Patriotic professor was proud to serve the new Kingdom of Italy Ulisse Dini went to Paris to further his mathematical education The mathemat...
15 April 2023

Italy’s first nuclear reactor opens

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Facility based on pioneer Enrico Fermi’s historic Chicago-Pile series The Ispra-1 reactor was the first nuclear reactor to be built on Itali...
9 March 2023

Andrew Viterbi – electrical engineer and businessman

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The amazing life of 'the father of the mobile telephone' Even at the age of 88, Viterbi remains actively involved in the scientific ...
24 May 2022

Alessandro Cruto - inventor

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Produced light bulb hailed as better than Edison’s Alessandro Cruto was always fascinated by science The inventor Alessandro Cruto, whose at...
21 April 2022

Gino Strada - surgeon and charity founder

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‘Maestro of humanity’ built hospitals for war victims Gino Strada's charity has helped more than 11 million people worldwide The surgeon...
6 April 2021

The L’Aquila Earthquake

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Shock measuring 6.3 magnitude killed more than 300 Scenes of devastation confronted rescue workers after the quake The central Italy region ...
16 May 2020

Maria Gaetana Agnesi – mathematician

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Brilliant scholar gave her time and money to the poor Maria Gaetana Agnesi learned seven languages by the age of 11 Maria Gaetana Ag...
12 October 2019

Ascanio Sobrero - chemist

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Professor who discovered nitroglycerine Ascanio Sobrero discovered nitroglycerine during an experiment in his laboratory at Turin Unive...
22 August 2019

Bruno Pontecorvo - nuclear physicist

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Defection to Soviet Union sparked unsolved mystery  Bruno Pontecorvo hailed from a family of talented individuals Bruno Pontecorvo, a...