Giorgio Salvini
Giorgio Salvini | |
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 Giorgio Salvini | |
| Born | 24 April 1920 |
| Died | 8 April 2015 (aged 94) |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Experimental physics |
Giorgio Salvini (24 April 1920 – 8 April 2015) was an Italian physicist and politician.
Life
[edit]Born in Milan, in 1953 Salvini was responsible for the construction of the first Italian circular particle accelerator, the electron synchrotron of Frascati ("elettrosincrotrone di Frascati").[1] Between 1966 and 1970 he was president of the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN).[1] Salvini took part in the CERN experiment that led to the discovery of the W and Z bosons.[2]
He served as president of the Accademia dei Lincei from 1990 to 1994.[1]
He was Minister of University, Scientific Research and Technology in the Dini 1995-1996 cabinet.[1]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Stefano Rizzato (8 April 2015). "È morto Giorgio Salvini, fisico ed ex ministro". La Stampa. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
- ^ "Goodbye to Giorgio Salvini, father of the Frascati Laboratories and of the Electron Synchrotron". National Institute for Nuclear Physics. 8 April 2015. Archived from the original on 2018-06-21. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
References
[edit]- Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (2016), Annuario dell'Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei 2016 – CDXIII dalla Sua Fondazione (PDF) (in Italian), Roma: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, p. 507, archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-23, retrieved 2017-02-18. The "Yearbook" of the renowned Italian scientific institution, including an historical sketch of its history, the list of all past and present members as well as a wealth of information about its academic and scientific activities.
- Maiani, Luciano (2015) [133o], "Ricordo di Giorgio Salvini" [Recollection of Giorgio Salvini] (PDF), Rendiconti della Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze Detta dei XL. Memorie di Matematica e Applicazioni, Serie V (in Italian), XXXIX (I), Roma: 39–40, ISSN 0392-4106.
- Ridolfi, Roberto, ed. (1976), "Giorgio Salvini", Biografie e bibliografie degli Accademici Lincei [Biographies and bibliographies of the Lincean Academicians] (in Italian), Roma: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, pp. 583–587. The biographical and bibliographical entry, including a list of publications and updated up to 1976, on Giorgio Salvini, published under the auspices of the Accademia dei Lincei in a book collecting many profiles of its living members up to 1976.
Dini Cabinet (1995–1996) |
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