Digitec: Fermi Explorer aims to launch its first probe to Alpha Centauri by the end of 2029
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Enrico Fermi
Enrico Fermi was an Italian-American physicist, renowned for being the creator of the world's first artificial nuclear reactor, Chicago Pile-1, and a member of the Manhattan Project. He won the 1938 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his demonstrations of the existence of new radioactive elements produced by neutron irradiation, and for his related discovery of nuclear reactions brought about by slow neu…
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science · Italian-American physicist (1901–1954) · physicist · theoretical physicist · nuclear physicist · university teacher · inventor · also Enrico Fermi, Fermi
Born 29 September 1901 · Died 28 November 1954 · Q8753
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2026· 51 entries
IFLScience: Fermi Explorer: Sending A Spacecraft On A 55,000-Mile-Per-Hour Mission To Alpha Centauri To Tackle The Fermi Paradox
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quantumzeitgeist.com: Los Alamos Recalls Fermi Named The Neutrino ‘little Neutral One’ In 1930
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Aero-News.net: Fermi Explorer Targets The Stars - Aero-News.net
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Stocktwits: Fermi Cofounder Toby Neugebauer Says Market ‘Clearly Wants’ This As FRMI Stock Surges To Over 3-Month Highs
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International Business Times UK: UFOs and the Fermi Paradox: Harvard's Avi Loeb Explains Why Hypothetical Aliens Might Ignore Earth
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Prensa Mercosur: Ciencia: una señal detectada por el telescopio Fermi reaviva la búsqueda de la materia oscura
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Foro3D: Fermi Explorer: 80.000 años de viaje por menos de 15 millones
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MarketBeat: BlackRock Inc. Makes New $38.50 Million Investment in Fermi Inc. $FRMI
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Modern Ghana: Fermi Explorer co-founder talks mission to send interstellar spacecraft to neighboring star
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Moomoo: $Fermi (FRMI.US)$
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newsbytesapp.com: Fermi Explorer mission plans probe to Alpha Centauri by 2029
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Yahoo: Fermi Explorer Mission Hopes to Launch for Alpha Centauri — But It’ll Take 80,000 Years
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Payload Space: Fermi Explorer Wants to Reach Another Star for $15M
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Межа. Новини України.: Fermi Explorer Plans an 80,000-Year Mission to Alpha Centauri
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El Ecosistema Startup: Starcloud lanza Fermi Explorer: nave a Alfa Centauri en 80.000 años
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gazettextra.com: WA-FERMI-EXPLORER
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Rutland Herald: Fermi Explorer Set To Launch Humanity’s First Journey To Another Star
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GeekWire: Fermi Explorer team plans to launch a probe that will reach the star system next door … in 80,000 years
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tipranks.com: Fermi Inc. Sets Key Dates for Shareholder Meeting
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MarketBeat: Alyeska Investment Group L.P. Has $26.44 Million Stake in Fermi Inc. $FRMI
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tipranks.com: Fermi Stock Slips As Traders Rush For Protection
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tradingview.com: REG - Fermi Inc. - Director/PDMR Shareholding
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MarketBeat: Value Aligned Research Advisors LLC Makes New $12.53 Million Investment in Fermi Inc. $FRMI
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“s hand and proceeded with the job because he was convinced that his own method was superior. But all this did not offend at all, but rather charmed everybody into liking Fermi. He had very few interests outside physics and when he once heard me play on Teller”
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“Well, it is two minutes to two, let”
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“On the Origin of Cosmic Radiation”
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Bloomberg: Fermi Says It Received US Subpoena Tied to Project Matador
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TradingKey: Fermi America (FRMI) Q2 2026 Earnings Call: $6.5B TensorWave Deal
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Yahoo: Fermi (FRMI) Is Up 6.6% After Landing TensorWave Gigawatt‑Scale Lease and Power Deal
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Yahoo: What Could Fermi (FRMI) Gain From Its CEO Change And Power Buildout Deal?
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Yahoo: Fermi (FRMI) Shares Dropped, So What Is Behind The Latest Attention?
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Yahoo: Fermi (FRMI) Stock May Already Be Fully Priced On Its $6.5B Lease
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marketbeat.com: Fermi (NASDAQ:FRMI) Releases Quarterly Earnings Results, Beats Expectations By $0.02 EPS
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simplywall.st: Fermi (FRMI) Is Up 6.6% After Landmark AI Campus Deals Shift Risk To Partners
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WSJ: Rick Perry’s Fermi Finally Finds a Customer for Its Giant Texas AI Power Bet
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Hart Energy: Fermi Names Infrastructure Veteran CEO to Lead Data Center Push
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The Motley Fool: Why Fermi Stock Is Down 10% Today
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marketbeat.com: Fermi (NASDAQ:FRMI) Shares Gap Down - What's Next?
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Investing.com México: Fermi reporta pérdida en Q2 y firma primer acuerdo con TensorWave
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Investing.com México: Fermi reporta pérdida en Q2 y firma contrato por $6.5 mil millones
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marketbeat.com: Fermi Q2 Earnings Call Highlights
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Investing.com México: Texas Capital reitera calificación de Compra para acción de Fermi
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Investing.com: Fermi America Q2 2026 slides: $6.5B AI deal, shares fall 8.6%
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Stocktwits: Fermi Stock Charges Up Overnight: AI Energy Startup Says No Thanks To Ex-CEO’s Call For Full Sale
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Seeking Alpha: Fermi Inc. 2026 Q2 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation (NASDAQ:FRMI) 2026-08-13
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Investing.com: Why is Fermi America stock sliding today?
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Investing.com España: ¿Por qué cae hoy la acción de Fermi America?
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Investing.com: Earnings call transcript: Fermi America Q2 2026 shares slide after cash raise
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MarketScreener España: Fermi Inc. presenta sus resultados del segundo trimestre y del primer semestre de 2026
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marketscreener.com: Fermi quarterly and half-year loss widens as costs increase
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1999· 1 entry
Time named Fermi on its list of the top 100 persons of the twentieth century
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1992· 1 entry
“Comment to Eugene Wigner, ten days before his death from cancer, as quoted in The collected works of Eugene Paul Wigner (1992), p. 108”
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1976· 1 entry
Awarded National Inventors Hall of Fame (1976).
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1974· 1 entry
And the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, which was named after him in 2008, in recognition of his work on cosmic rays
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1956· 1 entry
The United States Atomic Energy Commission, and from 1977, the U
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1954· 29 entries
Died 1954-11-28.
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Won Max Planck Medal (1954).
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“Cuando se le preguntó qué entendía por un milagro, respondió:”
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“Non fare mai nulla con precisione maggiore dello stretto necessario.”
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“I hope it won't take long.”
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“Oh, cualquier cosa con una probabilidad menor del 20%.”
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“Podríamos ser inducidos a cuestionarnos si los científicos actuaron con prudencia en la presentación a los estadistas del mundo de este problema [la bomba atómica]. En realidad no había otra opción. Una vez que se adquiere un conocimiento básico, cualquier intento de impedir su realización sería tan inútil como la esperanza de detener la Tierra en su movimiento alrededor del Sol.”
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“[Formula del Paradosso di Fermi] "Dove sono tutti quanti?”
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“Non c'è democrazia nella fisica. Non si può dire che una persona di secondo ordine abbia diritto alla propria opinione, tanto quanto Fermi. (Luis Álvarez)”
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“[Relazione al concorso per l'Università di Roma] Riesce a muoversi con piena padronanza nelle questioni più difficili della fisica teorica moderna, cosicché egli è oggi il più preparato e il più degno per rappresentare il nostro paese in questo campo di così alta e febbrile attività scientifica mondiale. (Orso Mario Corbino)”
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“Citazioni in ordine temporale.”
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“Luigi Puccianti, allora direttore dell'Istituto Fisico di Pisa, da uomo nobile e modesto quale era, non esitò a concedere all'eccezionale allievo [Enrico Fermi] un trattamento eccezionale, e a considerarlo, più che uno scolaro, un amico, a cui non si vergognava di chiedere spiegazioni, e anche lezioni, sugli argomenti più attuali della fisica.”
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“Ho studiato con passione la matematica, perché la considero necessaria per lo studio della fisica alla quale io voglio esclusivamente dedicarmi.”
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“Sea lo que sea lo que la naturaleza tiene reservado para la humanidad, por desagradable que pueda ser, los hombres deben aceptar, que la ignorancia nunca es mejor que el conocimiento.”
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“Ci sono soltanto due possibili conclusioni: se il risultato conferma le ipotesi, allora hai appena fatto una misura; se il risultato è contrario alle ipotesi, allora hai fatto una scoperta.”
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“[Rivolgendosi a Freeman Dyson] Ci sono due modi per fare i calcoli in fisica teorica. Un modo, che è quello che preferisco, è di avere un'immagine fisica chiara del fenomeno su cui si stanno facendo i calcoli. L'altro modo è di avere un formalismo matematico preciso e coerente. Lei non ha nessuno dei due.”
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“[Riguardo al progetto della bomba all'idrogeno] All'epoca la mia opinione era che si dovesse cercare di metterla fuori legge prima che nascesse. In quel momento pensavo più o meno che forse sarebbe stato più facile bandire con una sorta di accordo internazionale qualcosa che ancora non esisteva.”
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“[Ricordando il corso di lezioni tenuto a Villa Monastero nel 1954] Qui c'era Fermi al massimo delle sue capacità, che metteva ordine e semplicità nella confusione, che scopriva connessioni tra fenomeni apparentemente non collegati; acume e saggezza fluivano dalle sue labbra, come al solito bianche di gesso, con la sua voce chiara e sonora. (Bernard T. Feld)”
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“There are two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery.”
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“If I could remember the names of all these particles, I'd be a botanist.”
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“Si los extraterrestres existen, ¿Dónde están?.”
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“Si yo pudiera recordar el nombre de todas estas partículas habría sido botánico.”
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“Although the problem of transmuting chemical elements into each other is much older than a satisfactory definition of the very concept of chemical element, it is well known that the first and most important step towards its solution was made only nineteen years ago by the late Lord Rutherford, who started the method of the nuclear bombardments.”
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“La mia opinione all'epoca era che si dovesse mettere fuori legge la superbomba prima che fosse nata. Pensavo più o meno che sarebbe stato più facile mettere fuori legge, attraverso un qualche accordo internazionale, qualcosa che non esisteva.”
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“La professione del ricercatore deve tornare alla sua tradizione di ricerca per l'amore di scoprire nuove verità. Poiché in tutte le direzioni siamo circondati dall'ignoto e la vocazione dell'uomo di scienza è di spostare in avanti le frontiere della nostra conoscenza in tutte le direzioni, non solo in quelle che promettono più immediati compensi o applausi.”
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“I cannot think of a single one, not even intelligence.”
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“[Sulla bomba a idrogeno] Non esistono limiti alla distruttività di quest'arma [...] la sua stessa esistenza [è] un pericolo per l'umanità.”
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“Io non esito a dichiararVi, e non lo dico quale espressione iperbolica, che fra tutti gli studiosi italiani e stranieri che ho avuto occasione di avvicinare il Majorana è fra tutti quello che per profondità di ingegno mi ha maggiormente colpito.”
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That resulted in the denial of Oppenheimer's security clearance
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1953· 2 entries
Awarded Henry Norris Russell Lectureship (1953).
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Awarded Rumford Prize (1953).
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1952· 1 entry
Awarded Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award (1952).
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1950· 2 entries
Won Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science (1950).
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Awarded Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1950).
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1949· 2 entries
Awarded Silliman Memorial Lectures (1949).
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“On the Hydrogen bomb in a minority annex (co-authored with I. I. Rabi) to an official General Advisory Committee report for the Atomic Energy Commission (30 October 1949)”
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1947· 1 entry
Won Franklin Medal (1947).
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1946· 1 entry
For his contribution to the Manhattan Project
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1943· 1 entry
And when the B Reactor at the Hanford Site did so the next year
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1942· 1 entry
Won Hughes Medal (1942).
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1939· 1 entry
And a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1950
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1938· 5 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics — for his demonstrations of the existence of new radioactive elements produced by neutron irradiation, and for his related discovery of nuclear reactions brought about by slow neutrons.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics (1938).
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To escape new Italian racial laws that affected his Jewish wife, Laura Capon
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Fermi received the Nobel Prize in Physics at the age of 37 for his "demonstrations of the existence of new radioactive elements produced by neutron irradiation, and for his related discovery of nuclear reactions brought
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“Nobel lecture (12 December 1938)”
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1933· 1 entry
And then a longer paper the next year that incorporated the postulated particle, which Fermi called a "neutrino"
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1928· 1 entry
Published his Introduction to Atomic Physics (Introduzione alla fisica atomica), which provided Italian university students with an up-to-date and accessible text
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1926· 3 entries
Won Matteucci Medal (1926).
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The Nobel Prize for Physics in 1938, the Hughes Medal in 1942, the Franklin Medal in 1947, and the Rumford Prize in 1953
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At the age of 24, he applied for a professorship at the Sapienza University of Rome
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1925· 2 entries
Fermi followed with a paper in which he applied the principle to an ideal gas, employing a statistical formulation now known as Fermi–Dirac statistics
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Fermi responded with a paper "On the quantization of the perfect monoatomic gas" (Sulla quantizzazione del gas perfetto monoatomico), in which he applied the exclusion principle to an ideal gas
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1924· 1 entry
Studied at Leiden University (1923–1924).
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1923· 2 entries
Studied at University of Göttingen (1923–1923).
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Fermi was the first to point out that hidden inside the Einstein equation (E = mc2) was an enormous amount of nuclear potential energy to be exploited
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1922· 1 entry
Studied at Scuola Normale Superiore. Classe di Scienze, diploma di licenza della Scuola Normale Superiore (1918–1922).
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1915· 1 entry
And Maria died in an airplane crash near Milan in 1959
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1914· 1 entry
Met his father’s colleague Adolfo Amidei, who was accustomed to walking part of the way home with Alberto
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1901· 1 entry
Born 1901-09-29.
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