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Born August 22, 1913 • Italy
Died September 25, 1993 (aged 80) • Dubna • Russia
Awards And Honors Order of Lenin (1983)
Subjects Of Study heavy water • neutrino • heavy-water reactor • nuclear reactor
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Fabiola Gianotti
Fabiola Gianotti
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Emilio Segrè
Emilio Segrè
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Ernest Rutherford
Ernest Rutherford
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Werner Heisenberg
Werner Heisenberg
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Teller, Edward
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Wolfgang Pauli, 1945.
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Arthur B. McDonald
Arthur B. McDonald
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