Franco Rasetti
Italian nuclear physicist, paleontologist, and university teacher (1901-2001) · Italy · On the map · Scientists · Died at 100
Franco Dino Rasetti was an Italian physicist, paleontologist and botanist. Together with Enrico Fermi, he discovered key processes leading to nuclear fission. Rasetti refused to work on the Manhattan Project on moral grounds.
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2001Died5 December 20011958Guggenheim FellowshipAward1952Charles Doolittle Walcott MedalAward1931Matteucci MedalAward1901Born10 August 1901
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Country
Italy
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1901 to 2001 · aged 100
