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Nello Paganini
Nello as a name may refer to: *Nello Carrara (1900–1993), Italian physicist and founder of the Electromagnetic Wave Research Institute *Nello Celio (1914–1995), Swiss politician representing Canton Ticino *Nello Ciaccheri (1893–1971), Italian cyclist competing at the 1924 Summer Olympics *Nello Cristianini (born 1968), Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Bristol *Nello Di Costanzo (born 1961), Italian football manager and former player *Nello Falaschi (1913–1986), American football player in the National Football League *Nello Lauredi (1924–2001), former professional French road bicycle racer *Nello Musumeci (born 1955), Italian politician and Member of the European Parliament for Islands *Nello Pagani (1911–2003), Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and Formula One driver *Nello Pazzafini (1933–1997), Italian actor who appeared in gladiator movies and Spaghetti Westerns *Nello Rosselli (1900–1937), Italian Socialist leader and historian *N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nello Carrara
Nello Carrara (19 February 1900 – 5 June 1993) was an Italian physicist and founder of the Electromagnetic Wave Research Institute. He researched X-rays and was a pioneer of radar, but is best known for coining the term "microwave". Biography Nello Carrara was born in Florence on 19 February 1900. He graduated from high school in 1917, and after serving in the Army during World War I, entered the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa in 1918, where he studied physics. His fellow students included Enrico Fermi and Franco Rasetti. He wrote his doctoral thesis on X-ray diffraction in 1921. After graduation, he worked for the University of Pisa. At the age of 24, he became a professor at the Italian Naval Academy, where he taught hundreds of Italian Marina Militare officers and academic researchers until 1954. While there he was involved with the development of radar, helping to create the first Italian RDT (Radio Detector Rangefinder), the continuous wave EC1 in 1936. He a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |