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Edoardo Amaldi

1908 - 1989

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Edoardo Amaldi (5 September 1908 – 5 December 1989) was an Italian physicist. He coined the term "neutrino" in conversations with Enrico Fermi distinguishing it from the heavier "neutron". He has been described as "one of the leading nuclear physicists of the twentieth century." He was involved in the anti-nuclear peace movement. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edoardo Amaldi is the 518th most popular physicist (up from 525th in 2019), the 2,847th most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,960th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Italian Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Edoardo Amaldi ranks 518 out of 851. Before him are G. M. B. Dobson, Lester Germer, Yakir Aharonov, Ivan Puluj, Louis-François-Clement Breguet, and Clyde Cowan. After him are Konstantin Novoselov, Yuri Orlov, Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, David J. Griffiths, Ole Worm, and John Leslie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Edoardo Amaldi ranks 182. Before him are Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark, Elliott Carter, Gideon Ståhlberg, Héctor Trujillo, Peg Entwistle, and Michel Marcel Navratil. After him are Eddie Tolan, Nikolay Nosov, Jean Effel, Elek Schwartz, Pedro Arico Suárez, and Fred MacMurray. Among people deceased in 1989, Edoardo Amaldi ranks 136. Before him are Archduchess Charlotte of Austria, Robert Penn Warren, Pavel Kurochkin, Martti Talvela, Prince Wolfgang of Hesse, and Joe Spinell. After him are Colin Clark, Chen Boda, Leyla Mammadbeyova, Nils Axelsson, Armand Salacrou, and Juan Hilario Marrero.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Edoardo Amaldi ranks 2,847 out of 5,161. Before him are Ilaria Occhini (1934), Marco Uccellini (1603), Giorgio Strehler (1921), Armando Castellazzi (1904), Antonio Marcello Barberini (1569), and Riccardo Fogli (1947). After him are Fabio Grosso (1977), Alvise II Mocenigo (1628), Nello Pagani (1911), Aldo Fabrizi (1905), Filippo Buonaccorsi (1437), and Giuseppe Cavanna (1905).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Italy

Among physicists born in Italy, Edoardo Amaldi ranks 24. Before him are Gabriele Veneziano (1942), Carlo Rovelli (1956), Macedonio Melloni (1798), Augusto Righi (1850), Giovanni Aldini (1762), and Nicola Cabibbo (1935). After him are Giovanni Poleni (1683), Fabiola Gianotti (1960), Giovanni Battista Beccaria (1716), Richard Mollier (1863), Giuseppe Occhialini (1907), and Antonio Pacinotti (1841).

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