1. Franco Pacini was an Italian astrophysicist and professor at the University of Florence.
17 Facts About Franco Pacini
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Franco Pacini carried out research, mostly in High Energy Astrophysics, in Italy, France, United States and at the European Southern Observatory.
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Franco Pacini's parents were Gualtiero Pacini, a teacher from Urbino and Elsa Roesch, born in Baden, Switzerland.
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Franco Pacini was married in 1966 to Rosemary Winterer, a teacher, born in St Louis, Missouri.
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Franco Pacini graduated from a local high school, Raffaello, in Urbino.
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Franco Pacini studied physics at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa and later at the Sapienza in Rome, where he graduated in 1964.
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Franco Pacini's thesis was about neutron stars, which were hypothetical objects at the time.
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Franco Pacini continued to work on neutron stars at Institut d'astrophysique de Paris, where he was a post-doctoral fellow.
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Franco Pacini continued his research on neutron stars at the Institute d'Astrophysique in Paris.
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In 1968 in another Nature article, Franco Pacini wrote that at the center of the Crab nebula would be found a pulsar, which would explain the emission of electromagnetic radiation.
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In 1975 Franco Pacini joined the newly created scientific group of the European Southern Observatory in Geneva; Franco Pacini served as President from 1975 to 1978.
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Franco Pacini was instrumental for Italy to enter into the ESO.
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In 1982 Franco Pacini was one of the 69 signatories signing a petition circulated by Carl Sagan: Extraterrestrial Intelligence: An International Petition.
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Franco Pacini was member of a large number of international boards and committees.
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Franco Pacini was President of the International Astronomical Union for a three-year period.
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Franco Pacini was Member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Associate Member of the Royal Astronomical Society and Member of the American Astronomical Society.
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Franco Pacini was involved in starting Children's Day at Arcetri Observatory.