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Giuseppe 'Bepi' Colombo: Grandfather of the orbital fly-by
- stefantalpalaru 5y ago> Bepi Beppe
- nkoren 5y ago> Almost everything known until now about the planet Mercury comes from Mariner 10’s orbits during 1974-75 Er, rather than "until now", surely the article means "until 2011, when MESSENGER went into orbit around Mercury"
- davidw 5y agoUniversity of Padova has turned out a lot of impressive people. See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federico_Faggin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federico_Faggin Further back, Galileo taught there.
- giansegato 5y agoMy Alma Mater! Weird to see it mentioned here.
- lou1306 5y agoAnother case in point: Tullio Levi-Civita [0]. His work on tensor calculus became a cornerstone of relativity. Famously, Einstein was once asked what he liked the most about Italy, and replied: "Spaghetti and Levi-Civita". [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tullio_Levi-Civita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tullio_Levi-Civita
- y0ned4 5y agohttps://www.unipd.it/en/eminent-alumni https://www.unipd.it/en/eminent-alumni
- y0ned4 5y agoGreat Bepi! Other Padua prominents: https://www.unipd.it/en/eminent-alumni https://www.unipd.it/en/eminent-alumni