Edoardo Amaldi

This article is about the Italian physicist. For the spacecraft, see Edoardo Amaldi ATV.
Edoardo Amaldi
Amaldi in 1960
Born(1908-09-05)5 September 1908
Carpaneto Piacentino, Kingdom of Italy
Died5 December 1989(1989-12-05) (aged 81)
Alma materSapienza University of Rome
Known forneutrino
SpouseGinestra Amaldi
Scientific career
FieldsNuclear physics
InstitutionsSapienza University of Rome
CERN

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.

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