Segrè was born in Tivoli, Italy, on February 1, 1905. He entered the University of Rome expecting to major in engineering. But he encountered Enrico Fermi there and decided to change his major ...
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Emilio Segrè is credited as the co-discoverer of three chemical elements, technetium in 1937, astatine in 1940, and plutonium in 1941. In addition, he was codiscoverer, with his former student ...
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