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Margherita Hack
Italian astrophysicist and popular science writer (1922-2013).
Born June 12th, 1922 in Florence.
Died June 29th, 2013 at 91 years old in Trieste (heart failure).
Occupations
astronomer, astrophysicist, non-fiction writer, researcher, science communicator, secularist, university teacher
Wikipedia
Anything I’ve done that was ultimately worthwhile initially scared me to death. Betty Bender