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The
President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
BRUNO B. ROSSI
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Emeritus Professor of Physics |
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| Affiliation: |
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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Cambridge, MassachusettsUSA |
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| Gender: |
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Male
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| Year Deceased: |
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1993 |
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| Award Discipline: |
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Physical Sciences |
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| Award Year: |
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1983 |
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| Citation: |
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"For fundamental contributions to physics and astronomy through his investigations into the nature and origin of cosmic rays and his initiatives that led to the direct detection of the solar wind and to the discovery of extrasolar x-ray sources." |
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Presented by President Reagan at a White House Ceremony on February 27, 1985. |
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