# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/giuseppe-cocconi
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:29:33.198Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/giuseppe-cocconi"
name: "Giuseppe Cocconi"
slug: "giuseppe-cocconi"
description: "Giuseppe Cocconi (1914–2008) was an Italian physicist who was director of the Proton Synchrotron at CERN in Geneva.\nHe is known for his work in particle physics and for his involvement with SETI where he wrote, \"[t]he probability of success is difficult to estimate; but if we never search, the chance of success is zero.\""
tagline: "Italian physicist (1914–2008)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cocconi_giving_a_lecture_in_CERN's_main_auditorium_1967.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Italy"
  isoCode: "IT"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
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profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1914-10-03"
deathDate: "2008-11-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump