Born: 6-Oct-1931
Birthplace: Genoa, Italy

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Scientist

Nationality: Italy
Executive summary: Discovered cosmic X-ray sources

Awarded 2002 Nobel prize for discovering cosmic X-ray sources.

    University: PhD, University of Milan (1954)

    National Medal of Science 2003
    Nobel Prize for Physics 2002 (with Raymond Davis, Jr. and Masatoshi Koshiba)
    Wolf Prize in Physics 1987 (with Herbert Friedman and Bruno B. Rossi)
    Royal Astronomical Society Gold Medal 1982 (with Harrie Massey)
    Bruce Medal 1981
    National Academy of Sciences
    Federation of American Scientists Board of Sponsors
    Asteroid Namesake 3371 Giacconi

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