Education
He studied engineering in Rome, graduating in 1880.
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Paolo Pizzetti
Edit ProfileAstronomer geodesist physicist university professor
Career
He remained in Rome and assisted Giuseppe Pisati and Enrico Pucci with their absolute determination of gravity. In 1886 he became Associate Professor of Geodesy at the University of Genoa where he stayed until becoming Professor of Geodesy at the University of Pisa in 1900. He stayed in Pisa until his death in 1918.
He wrote Höhere Geodäsie (Higher Geodesy) as well as many important works on the theory of errors.
A crater on the far side of the moon, Pizzetti, is named after him.
Membership
He was a member of Accademia dei Lincei and the academy in Turin.
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Born
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Nationality
Italy