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Born November 27, 1871 • Lucca • Italy
Died August 19, 1950 (aged 78) • Italy
Subjects Of Study Giorgi International System of Measurement
Galileo
Galileo
Italian philosopher, astronomer and mathematician
Enrico Fermi
Enrico Fermi
Italian-American physicist
Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Marconi
Italian physicist
Galvani, Luigi
Luigi Galvani
Italian physician and physicist
Fabiola Gianotti
Fabiola Gianotti
Italian physicist
Emilio Segrè
Emilio Segrè
Italian-American physicist
Laura Bassi
Laura Bassi
Italian scientist
Carlo Rubbia
Italian physicist
Bruno Pontecorvo
Italian-born physicist
Alessandro Volta
Alessandro Volta
Italian scientist
Giacconi, Riccardo
Riccardo Giacconi
Italian physicist
Galileo Ferraris
Italian physicist
Evangelista Torricelli
Evangelista Torricelli
Italian physicist and mathematician
Paolo Frisi
Italian physicist
De Motu Animalium by Giovanni Alfonso Borelli
Giovanni Alfonso Borelli
Italian physiologist and physicist
Arsène d’Arsonval
French physician and physicist
George Pake
American physicist
Alfred Otto Carl Nier
American physicist
William Penney
British scientist
Understanding Newton's theory of universal gravitation
Isaac Newton
English physicist and mathematician

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