1. Ugo Fano was an Italian American physicist, notable for contributions to theoretical physics.
11 Facts About Ugo Fano
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Ugo Fano was born into a wealthy Jewish family in Turin, Italy.
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Ugo Fano's father was Gino Fano, a professor of mathematics.
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Ugo Fano worked with Enrico Fermi in Rome, where he was a senior member of 'Via Panisperna boys'.
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Ugo Fano served there until 1966, when he joined the faculty of physics at the University of Chicago.
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Ugo Fano had a major impact in sustained work over six decades on atomic physics and molecular physics, and earlier on radiological physics.
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The Ugo Fano theorem used in radiation dosimetry is a result of his work.
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Ugo Fano's brother, Robert Fano, was an eminent professor emeritus of electrical engineering at MIT.
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Ugo Fano was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Physical Society and a Foreign Member of the Royal Society of London.
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Ugo Fano was awarded the Enrico Fermi Award of the US Department of Energy in 1995.
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Ugo Fano's most-cited work is the 1961 paper mentioned above.