Emilio G. Segre was born on February 1, 1905, in Tivoli, Italy. He came from a Jewish family. He attended the University of Rome, where he earned his doctorate in physics in 1928. Segrè faced discrimination due to the anti-Semitic laws in Italy during the fascist regime, which affected his academic career. Segrè received his education at the Univer...
READ MORECarolyn Bertozzi’s life changed suddenly on October 4, 2022 when she got a call that announced that she had won the 2022 Nobel Prize in chemistry. Instructed not to share the announcement outside of her tightest inner circle, the first person Bertozzi called was her father, William Bertozzi, a retired physics professor. “He’s 91 and, of course, he...
READ MOREAnnually the Nobel Prize is awarded to those brilliant minds who distinguish themselves in this sector: physics, chemistry, economics, medicine, literature and brotherhood among Nations. In 2021 Giorgio Parisi win the physics prize: he is an italian who joins the distinguished group of 20 enlightened men and women who have brought prestige to Ital...
READ MOREItaly's Giorgio Parisi on Tuesday won a share of the Nobel Prize for Physics. Rome-born Parisi, 73, won the prize for his research on complex systems. A theoretical physicist at Rome's La Sapienza University and the National Nuclear Physics Institute (INFN), Parisi is also vice president of the Accademia dei Lincei. He shared the prize with Syukuro...
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