Giuseppe Cocconi

"Cocconi" redirects here. For the physics award, see Cocconi Prize.
Giuseppe Cocconi
Cocconi giving a lecture in CERN's main auditorium in 1967
Born1914 (1914)
Como, Kingdom of Italy
Died9 November 2008(2008-11-09) (aged 93–94)
Geneva, Switzerland
CitizenshipItalian
Alma materUniversity of Milan
Known forPomeron, Roman pot, CHARM, CERN director
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship
Scientific career
FieldsParticle and high-energy physics, Cosmic ray research
InstitutionsUniversity of Catania
Cornell University
Sapienza University of Rome
CERN: Proton Synchrotron
Brookhaven National Laboratory

Giuseppe Cocconi (1914–2008) was an Italian physicist who was director of the Proton Synchrotron at CERN in Geneva. He is known for his work in particle physics and for his involvement with SETI where he wrote, "[t]he probability of success is difficult to estimate; but if we never search, the chance of success is zero."

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