The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Bruno B. Rossi
Title:
Emeritus Professor of Physics
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge,Massachusetts USA
Gender:
Male
Year Deceased:
1993
Award Discipline:
Physical Sciences
Award Year:
1983
Citation:
"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."
Presented by President Reagan at a White House Ceremony on February 27, 1985.