Franco Rasetti

Franco Rasetti
Enrico Fermi and his research group (the Via Panisperna boys) in the courtyard of Rome University's Physics Institute in Via Panisperna, about 1934. Franco Rasetti is the second from right
Born(1901-08-10)August 10, 1901
Castiglione del Lago, Italy
DiedDecember 5, 2001(2001-12-05) (aged 100)
Waremme, Belgium
SpouseMarie Madeline Hennin (m. 1949)[1]

Franco Dino Rasetti (August 10, 1901 – December 5, 2001) was an Italian (later naturalized American) physicist, paleontologist and botanist. Together with Enrico Fermi, he discovered key processes leading to nuclear fission. Rasetti refused to work on the Manhattan Project on moral grounds.[2]

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  2. ^ Battimelli, Giovanni (December 2002). "Obituary: Franco Rasetti". Physics Today. 55 (12): 76–78. Bibcode:2002PhT....55l..76B. doi:10.1063/1.1537927.