Giorgio Salvini (24 April 1920 – 8 April 2015) was an Italian physicist and politician.

Life

Born in

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

, in 1953 Salvini was responsible for the construction of the first Italian circular

particle accelerator A particle accelerator is a machine that uses electromagnetic fields to propel charged particles to very high speeds and energies, and to contain them in well-defined beams. Large accelerators are used for fundamental research in particle ...

, the electron synchrotron of Frascati ("elettrosincrotrone di Frascati"). Between 1966 and 1970 he was president of the

Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare The Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN; "National Institute for Nuclear Physics") is the coordinating institution for nuclear, particle, theoretical and astroparticle physics in Italy. History INFN was founded on 8 August 1951, to furth ...

(INFN). Salvini took part in the CERN experiment that led to the discovery of the

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. He served as president of the Accademia dei Lincei from 1990 to 1994. He was Minister of University, Scientific Research and Technology in the Dini 1995-1996 cabinet.

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*. The "''Yearbook''" of the renowned Italian scientific institution, including an historical sketch of its history, the list of all past and present members as well as a wealth of information about its academic and scientific activities. *. *. The biographical and bibliographical entry, including a list of publications and updated up to 1976, on Giorgio Salvini, published under the auspices of the Accademia dei Lincei in a book collecting many profiles of its living members up to 1976. {{DEFAULTSORT:Salvini, Giorgio 1920 births 2015 deaths Scientists from Milan Members of the Lincean Academy 20th-century Italian physicists People associated with CERN Politicians from Milan