Riccardo Giacconi

Italian-american astrophysicist (1931–2018).

Born October 6th, 1931 in Genoa.

Died December 9th, 2018 at 87 years old in San Diego. [ref]

Occupations
astronomer, astrophysicist, physicist, university teacher, visual artist
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Death: something like birth, a natural mystery, elements that split and recombine. Not an embarrassing thing. Not an offense to reason, or our nature. Marcus Aurelius