10 Facts About Edoardo Amaldi

Edoardo Amaldi coined the term "neutrino" in conversations with Enrico Fermi distinguishing it from the heavier "neutron".

Edoardo Amaldi was born in Carpaneto Piacentino, the son of Ugo Edoardo Amaldi, professor of mathematics at the University of Padua, and Luisa Basini.

Edoardo Amaldi graduated under the supervision of Enrico Fermi and was his main collaborator until 1938, when Fermi left Italy for the United States.

In 1939, Edoardo Amaldi was drafted into the Royal Italian Army and returned to physics in 1941.

Edoardo Amaldi was the general secretary of CERN at its early stages when operations were still provisional, before September's 1954 official foundation.

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Edoardo Amaldi pioneered in Europe the search for gravitational waves.

Edoardo Amaldi co-authored about 200 scientific publications ranging from atomic spectroscopy and nuclear physics to elementary particle physics and experimental gravitation, as well as textbooks for secondary schools and universities.

Edoardo Amaldi wrote historical-scientific books; for example, a biography of his friend Ettore Majorana who mysteriously disappeared.

Edoardo Amaldi was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences in 1958 and American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1962.

Edoardo Amaldi died unexpectedly on 5 December 1989, still in full activity, while he was president of the Accademia dei Lincei, of which he had been a member since 1948.