| LC control no. | n 50049716 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Rossi, Bruno, 1905-1993 |
| Variant(s) | Rossi, Bruno Benedetto, 1905- Rossi, B. (Bruno), 1905-1993 |
| See also | Employer: University of Chicago Employer: Cornell University Employer: Manhattan Project (U.S.) Employer: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Employer: Università di Palermo |
| Birth date | 1905-04-13 |
| Death date | 1993-11-21 |
| Place of birth | Venice (Italy) |
| Place of death | Cambridge (Mass.) |
| Field of activity | Physics Particles (Nuclear physics) Cosmic rays |
| Affiliation | University of Chicago Cornell University Manhattan Project (U.S.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology Università di Palermo |
| Profession or occupation | Physicists College teachers |
| Found in | Rayons cosmiques, 1935. LCCN 63-20571: International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi" (1962 : Varenna, Italy). Space exploration and the solar system, 1964 (hdg.: Rossi, Bruno Benedetto, 1905- ; usage: B. Rossi) New York Times, 11/24/93 (Bruno Rossi, 88, pioneer in cosmic ray research; d. 11/21/93, Cambridge, Mass.) OCLC, 10 December 2015 (usage: Bruno Rossi, B. Rossi; almost no usage for Bruno Benedetto Rossi or Bruno B. Rossi) Wikipedia, 10 December 2015 (Bruno Rossi; Bruno Benedetto Rossi; born 13 April 1905 in Venice, Italy; died 21 November 1993 in Cambridge, Massachusetts; Italian experimental physicist; made major contributions in particle physics and cosmic rays; emigrated to United States, became U.S. citizen; researcher at University of Chicago; appointed associate professor at Cornell in 1940; joined the Manhattan Project in 1943 in Los Alamos, New Mexico; appointed professor at MIT in 1946 (retired from MIT in 1970); taught at University of Palermo 1974-1980) |
| Associated language | eng ita |
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