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Medicine & Public Health
Sergio Ferrara
1945–2023Rome, ItalyHistoric
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Why Included
Co-developed the theory of supergravity (1976); Italian-born physicist at CERN; Dirac Medal winner
Biography
Co-inventor of supergravity (1976); Dirac Medal; Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
Notable For
- Co-developed the theory of supergravity (1976)
- Italian-born physicist at CERN
- Dirac Medal winner
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Quick Facts
- Field
- Medicine & Public Health
- Specialty
- Physics
- Years
- 1945–2023
- Birth Place
- Rome, Italy
- Regional Ancestry
- Lazio
- Publication Status
- Published
- Ancestry Verification
- Needs Review
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