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Edoardo Amaldi

1908 - 1989

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Edoardo Amaldi (5 September 1908 – 5 December 1989) was an Italian physicist. He coined the term "neutrino" in conversations with Enrico Fermi distinguishing it from the heavier "neutron". He has been described as "one of the leading nuclear physicists of the twentieth century." He was involved in the anti-nuclear peace movement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edoardo Amaldi has received more than 117,476 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Edoardo Amaldi is the 525th most popular physicist (down from 485th in 2019), the 2,960th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,679th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Italian Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Edoardo Amaldi ranks 525 out of 851. Before him are Abraham Pais, Konstantin Novoselov, George Zweig, Yakir Aharonov, Giovanni Battista Beccaria, and Ernest Marsden. After him are Jayant Narlikar, Ralph H. Fowler, Nicola Cabibbo, Jürgen Ehlers, Boris Rosing, and Samuel T. Cohen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Edoardo Amaldi ranks 187. Before him are Štefan Čambal, Pedro Arico Suárez, Thurgood Marshall, Boris Polevoy, Ștefan Barbu, and Jean Effel. After him are Arthur O'Connell, Doria Shafik, Elliott Carter, Krystyna Skarbek, Erik Lundqvist, and Sucheta Kriplani. Among people deceased in 1989, Edoardo Amaldi ranks 140. Before him are Diana Vreeland, Sourou-Migan Apithy, Paul Shenar, Arsenie Boca, Uichiro Hatta, and Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama. After him are José López Rega, Merab Kostava, Alvin Ailey, Wilfrid Sellars, Donald Barthelme, and Pavel Kurochkin.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Edoardo Amaldi ranks 2,960 out of 5,161. Before him are Alberto Franchetti (1860), Francesca Cuzzoni (1696), Filippo Paulucci (1779), Massimo Bontempelli (1878), Anaxilas (-500), and Maria Grazia Cucinotta (1968). After him are Carlo Rosselli (1899), Margherita Maria Farnese (1664), Ugo Frigerio (1901), Marcello Piacentini (1881), Stephan El Shaarawy (1992), and Mario Camerini (1895).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Italy

Among physicists born in Italy, Edoardo Amaldi ranks 25. Before him are Gabriele Veneziano (1942), Giovanni Aldini (1762), Carlo Rovelli (1956), Richard Mollier (1863), Giovanni Poleni (1683), and Giovanni Battista Beccaria (1716). After him are Nicola Cabibbo (1935), Macedonio Melloni (1798), Augusto Righi (1850), Antonio Pacinotti (1841), Giuseppe Occhialini (1907), and Carlo Alberto Castigliano (1847).

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