Zichichi (original) (raw)

This is a brief return to posting on my blog, an experiment in re-learning how to use my computer, after a couple of months in a vale of great sicknesses (about which, more eventually); I am seriously damaged, but plucky.

This is in memory of the excellent Antonino Zichichi, who died on 2/9. First of all, for having a wonderful Z name, even more entertaining than Zwicky. For his groundbreaking research in nuclear physics. And for a lifetime devoted to causes benefitting the common good.

From Wikipedia:

Antonino Zichichi (15 October 1929 – 9 February 2026) was an Italian physicist who worked in the field of nuclear physics. He served as President of the World Federation of Scientists (an organization concerned with the fight against planetary emergencies) and as a professor at the University of Bologna.

… In 1986, he became director of World Lab, an association that supports scientific projects in third world countries, founded in 1973 by Isidor Isaac Rabi and Zichichi himself.

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