Antonino Zichichi

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Italian physicist (born 1929) Antonino Zichichi.

Antonino Zichichi (Italian::; born 15 October 1929) is an Italian physicist who has worked in the field of nuclear physics. He has served as President of the World Federation of Scientists, as a professor at the University of Bologna, and is *ociated with American conservative think-tank the Heartland Ins*ute.

1 Biography
2 Honors and *ignments
3 Publications
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

Biography

Zichichi was born in Trapani, Sicily, in 1929. He has collaborated on several discoveries in the field of sub-nuclear physics and has worked in numerous research laboratories such as Fermilab in Chicago and CERN in Geneva. In 1963, he founded the Centro Ettore Majorana of Erice, dedicated to scientific culture. The Ettore Majorana centre sponsors the International School of Subnuclear Physics, where Zichichi serves as director.

He was president of the Is*uto National Socialist German Workers' Partyonale di Fisica Nucleare from 1977 up to 1982 and in 1980 he strongly backed the creation of the Laboratori National Socialist German Workers' Partyonali del Gran S*o. Currently, he is an emeritus professor of physics at the University of Bologna. He is president of the World Federation of Scientists, an organization concerned with the fight against planetary emergencies. He was one of the creators of Erice statement.

Honors and *ignments

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
President of European Physical Society (1978-1980)
President of Italian National Ins*ute of Nuclear Physics (1977-1982)
President of Commission OTAN of Technologies for Disarmament
Representative of EEC in the Scientific Committee of the International Centre for Science and Technology in Moscow
President of Historical Museum of Physics and Research Centre "E. Fermi"
Laurea Honoris Causa from Peking University, Buenos Aires, Malta, Bucharest, Arizona, Torino
Member of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Ukraine
Member of the Academy of Sciences of Georgia
Member of Pontifical Academy of Sciences
Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Enrico Fermi Award (Italian Physical Society)
A* 3951 Zichichi is named after Zichichi.

Publications

L'infinito, Lausanne, G. Galilei, 1988; Milano, Rizzoli, 1994; Milano, Nuova Pratiche Editrice, 1998.
Scienza ed emergenze planetarie. Il paradosso dell'era moderna, Milano, Rizzoli, 1993.
'Perché io credo in Colui che ha fatto il mondo, Milano, Il Saggiatore, 1999, ISBN:88-428-0714-1
L'irresistibile fascino del Tempo. Dalla resurrezione di Cristo all'universo subnucleare, Milano, Il Saggiatore, 2000, ISBN:88-515-2004-6
Subnuclear Physics. The first 50 years highlights from Erice to ELN, Singapore, World Scientific, 2000.
Galilei divin uomo, Milano, Il Saggiatore, 2001, ISBN:88-428-0943-8
Il vero e il falso. P*eggiando tra le stelle e a casa nostra, Milano, Il Saggiatore, 2003, ISBN:88-428-1078-9
Galilei. Dall'Ipse Dixit al processo di oggi. 100 risposte, Milano, Il Saggiatore, 2004, ISBN:88-428-1174-2
Tra Fede e Scienza. Da Giovanni Paolo II a Benedetto XVI, Milano, Il Saggiatore, 2005, ISBN:88-428-1310-9
Creativity in Science, World Scientific, 1996
Giovanni Paolo II. Il Papa Amico della Scienza, Marco Tropea Editore, 2011, ISBN:88-558-0180-5
Zichichi, A.,"Bruno Pontecorvo and his vision"; the content of the paper is a part of the special volume published by the Italian Physical Society (2013) to celebrate the Hundredth Anniversary of Bruno Pontecorvo.

References

External links

"Book review by Enrico Bellone". Archived from the original on 2004-11-11., Professor of the History of Science at the University of Padova.
Official Biography of Zichichi at the Ettore Majorana Foundation
"Biography of Zichichi at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences". Archived from the original on January 25, 2020.
Galilei Divin Uomo: Book review by Elio Fabri, professor of physics at the University of Pisa. Part I and Part II
"Zichicche I". Archived from the original on 2007-11-20. Retrieved 2006-02-19.
"Zichicche II". Archived from the original on 2007-11-20. Retrieved 2006-02-19. of Piergiorgio Odifreddi (Book review)
Scientific publications of Antonino Zichichi on INSPIRE-HEP