Gabriele Veneziano

Gabriele Veneziano
(2007)
Born (1942-09-07) 7 September 1942 (age 81)
Florence, Italy
Alma materUniversity of Florence
Weizmann Institute of Science
Known forVeneziano amplitude
Witten–Veneziano mechanism
String theory
String cosmology
AwardsDirac Medal (2014)
James Joyce Award (2009)
Tomassoni award (2009)
Oskar Klein Memorial Lecture (2007)
Albert Einstein Medal (2006)
Enrico Fermi Prize (2005)
Heineman Prize (2004)
Pomeranchuk Prize (1999)
Racah Lecture (1975)
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical physics
InstitutionsCERN; Collège de France

Gabriele Veneziano (/ˌvɛnətsiˈæn/;[citation needed] Italian: [venetˈtsjaːno]; born 7 September 1942)[1] is an Italian theoretical physicist widely considered the father of string theory.[2][3] He has conducted most of his scientific activities at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, and held the Chair of Elementary Particles, Gravitation and Cosmology at the Collège de France in Paris from 2004 to 2013, until the age of retirement there.[2]

  1. ^ Biography Archived 31 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine on the Collège de France website
  2. ^ a b "biography and bibliography". College de France. Archived from the original on 5 June 2010. Retrieved 13 September 2010.
  3. ^ Gasperini, F.; Maharana, J. (2008). "Gabriele Veneziano: A Concise Scientific Biography and an Interview" (PDF). In Gasperini, Maurizio; Maharana, Jnan (eds.). String Theory and Fundamental Interactions – Gabriele Veneziano and Theoretical Physics: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives. Lecture Notes in Physics. Vol. 737. Springer. pp. 3–27. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-74233-3_1. ISBN 978-3-540-74232-6.[permanent dead link]

© MMXXIII Rich X Search. We shall prevail. All rights reserved. Rich X Search