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A Nobel Prize—winning Italian astrophysicist shares his scientific autobiography and the history of the development of contemporary astronomy.
The discovery of x-rays continues to have a profound effect on the field of astronomy. It has opened the cosmos to exploration in ways previously unimaginable, and fundamentally altered the methods for pursuing information about outer space. Nobel Prize—winner Riccardo Giacconi's highly personal account...