Background
ROSSI, Bruno was born on April 13, 1905 in Venice, Italy. Son of Rino Rossi and Lina Minerbi Rossi.
ROSSI, Bruno was born on April 13, 1905 in Venice, Italy. Son of Rino Rossi and Lina Minerbi Rossi.
Student, University Padua, 1925. Student, University Bologna, 1927. Doctorate (honorary), University Palermo, 1964.
Doctorate (honorary), University Durham, England, 1974. Doctorate (honorary), University Chicago, 1977.
Assistant physics Department, University Florence, 1928-1932;
professor physics, U. Padua, 1932-1938;
research associate, U. Manchester, England, 1939;
research associate in cosmic rays, University of Chicago, 1939-1940;
associate professor physics, Cornell Univercity, 1940-1943;
professor physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, from 1946;
Institute professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1966-1970;
Institute professor emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, from 1970. Member staff Los Alamos Laboratory. 1943-1946, honorary fellow Tata Institute Fundamental Research, Bombay, India, 1971.
Member physics committee National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Honorary professor of University Mayor, San Andres, La Paz, Bolivia.
(Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating bac...)
(By Rossi - High-Energy Particles (1952-01-16) Hardcover)
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Arts and Sciences (Rumford prize 1976), National Academy of Sciences (space science board, astronomy survey committee), Deutsche Akademieder Naturforscher Leopoldina, American Physical Society, American Institute Physics, Accademia dei Lincel (International Feltrinelli award 1971), International Astronomical Union, American, Royal astronomical societies, Accademia Patavina di Scienze, Letteree Arti, Accademia Ligure di Scienze e Lettere, Bolivian Academy of Sciences (correspondent), American Philosophical Society, Italian Physical Society (Gold medal 1970), Instituto Veneto di Science, Lettere e Arti, Sigma Xi.
Married Nora Lombroso, April 10, 1938. Children: Florence Son of, Frank R., Linda L.