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Born November 27, 1871 • Lucca • Italy • (Birthday in 5 days)
Died August 19, 1950 (aged 78) • Italy
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Enrico Fermi
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Galvani, Luigi
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Bruno Pontecorvo
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Emilio Segrè.
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