Chemist no. 276 of 350 · Nuclear/Radiochemistry

Emilio Segrè

1905-1989ItalyNobel Physics 1959

Discovered technetium, astatine, antiproton

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The discovery, explained

Emilio Segrè and the Discovery of Technetium and Astatine: Elements Made by Humans

How Emilio Segrè co-discovered technetium (1937) and astatine (1940), the first artificial element and the rarest halogen. Physics Nobel 1959. Exam notes.

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Biography

Emilio Segrè (1905–1989): From Fermi's Boys to the Antiproton

Biography of Emilio Segrè, Italian-American physicist who found technetium and astatine, co-discovered the antiproton and won the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physics.

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Academic lineage

Documented doctoral, postdoctoral and teaching links. Dashed chips are teachers outside the 350 chemists listed here.

Teachers: Enrico Fermidoctoral
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