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Giuseppe Occhialini

Italian physicist (1907-1993), who contributed to the discovery of the pion or pi-meson decay · Italy · Scientists · Died at 86

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Giuseppe Paolo Stanislao "Beppo" Occhialini was an Italian experimental physicist who contributed to the discovery of the pion or pi-meson decay in 1947 with César Lattes and Cecil Powell, the latter winning the Nobel Prize in Physics for this work.

A life in dates

1993Died30 December 19931979Wolf Prize in PhysicsAward1974Foreign Member of the Royal SocietyAward1931Vallauri PrizeAward1907Born5 December 1907

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Awards

Wolf Prize in Physics1979
Foreign Member of the Royal Society1974
Vallauri Prize1931

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Father: Augusto Raffaele Occhialini

About this person

Giuseppe Paolo Stanislao "Beppo" Occhialini was an Italian experimental physicist who contributed to the discovery of the pion or pi-meson decay in 1947 with César Lattes and Cecil Powell, the latter winning the Nobel Prize in Physics for this work. At the time of this discovery, they were all working in the H. H. Wills Laboratory at the University of Bristol.

Country
Italy
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1907 to 1993 · aged 86

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