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
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It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again. Ralph Waldo Emerson