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Riccardo Giacconi

1931–2018

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Riccardo Giacconi (1931–2018) was an Italian-American astrophysicist who pioneered X-ray astronomy, leading to the discovery of the first cosmic X-ray sources and earning the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics. He founded the Space Telescope Science Institute and served as director of the European Southern Observatory, shaping modern observational astronomy.

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The X-Ray Universe (1981)
Secrets of the Hoary Deep: A Personal History of Modern Astronomy (2008)
Nobel Lecture: The Dawn of X-Ray Astronomy (2002)
The Einstein Observatory: A New Window on the Universe (1979)
X-Ray Astronomy: A New Window on the Cosmos (1974)

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