Giorgio Salvini Explained

Giorgio Salvini
Birth Date:	1920 4, df=yes
Birth Place:	Milan
Death Place:	Rome
Nationality:	Italian
Fields:	Experimental physics
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Giorgio Salvini (24 April 1920 – 8 April 2015) was an Italian physicist and politician.

Life

Born in Milan, in 1953 Salvini was responsible for the construction of the first Italian circular particle accelerator, the electron synchrotron of Frascati ("elettrosincrotrone di Frascati").^[1] Between 1966 and 1970 he was president of the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN).^[1] Salvini took part in the CERN experiment that led to the discovery of the W and Z bosons.^[2]

He served as president of the Accademia dei Lincei from 1990 to 1994.^[1]

He was Minister of University, Scientific Research and Technology in the Dini 1995-1996 cabinet.^[1]

References

• . The "Yearbook" of the renowned Italian scientific institution, including an historical sketch of its history, the list of all past and present members as well as a wealth of information about its academic and scientific activities.
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• . The biographical and bibliographical entry, including a list of publications and updated up to 1976, on Giorgio Salvini, published under the auspices of the Accademia dei Lincei in a book collecting many profiles of its living members up to 1976.

Notes and References

1. News: Stefano Rizzato. È morto Giorgio Salvini, fisico ed ex ministro. 7 December 2015. La Stampa. 8 April 2015.
2. Web site: Goodbye to Giorgio Salvini, father of the Frascati Laboratories and of the Electron Synchrotron. 8 April 2015. National Institute for Nuclear Physics. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180621110602/https://home.infn.it/en/media-outreach/news/1596-goodbye-to-giorgio-salvini-father-of-the-frascati-laboratories-and-of-the-electron-synchrotron. 2018-06-21. 2 March 2020.