Giulio Racah

Giulio Racah
BornFebruary 9, 1909
Florence, Italy
DiedAugust 28, 1965 (1965-08-29) (aged 56)
Florence, Italy
AwardsWeizmann Prize (1953)
Giulio Racah
The Racah Institute of Physics at the Hebrew University Givat Ram campus in Jerusalem

Giulio (Yoel) Racah (Hebrew: ג'וליו (יואל) רקח; February 9, 1909 – August 28, 1965) was an Italian–Israeli physicist and mathematician.[1] He was Acting President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem from 1961 to 1962.[2]

The crater Racah on the Moon is named after him.[3]

  1. ^ "Giulio Racah". Physics Today. 18 (10): 118. 1965. Bibcode:1965PhT....18j.118.. doi:10.1063/1.3046917.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Office of the President | האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים | The Hebrew University of Jerusalem". New.huji.ac.il. 2017-09-01. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
  3. ^ Zeldes, Nissan (2009). "Giulio Racah and theoretical physics in Jerusalem". Archive for History of Exact Sciences. 63 (3): 289–323. arXiv:physics/0703032. doi:10.1007/s00407-008-0040-z. JSTOR 41134314. S2CID 119479062.

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