Bruno Rossi
- Born: April 15, 1905 (Venice, Italy)
- Died: November 21, 1993 (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
Education
- 1927: PhD, University of Bologna
Major Positions
- 1928–1932: University of Florence, Assistant in Physics
- 1932–1938: University of Padua, Professor
- 1938–1939: Victoria University of Manchester, Research Associate
- 1939–1940: University of Chicago, Research Associate
- 1940–1943: Cornell University, Associate Professor
- 1943–1944: Manhattan Project, Los Alamos Laboratory, Leader, Detectors Group
- 1943–1946: Manhattan Project, Los Alamos Laboratory, Leader, RaLa Method Group
- 1946–1966: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor
- 1966–1970: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institute Professor
- 1970–1985: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Emeritus Institute Professor
Selected Awards and Honors
- 1983: National Medal of Science
- 1987: Wolf Foundation Prize in Physics
- 1950: National Academy of Sciences, Member
Archival Resources
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institute Archives and Special Collections, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Oral History Interviews
- 1976: Available Online
Published Resources
George W. Clark, "Bruno Benedetto Rossi: 1905-1993", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
Bruno Rossi, Moments in the Life of a Scientist (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990)
Bruno B. Rossi, "The Decay of 'Mesotrons' (1939-1943): Experimental Particle Physics in the Age of Innocence," in The Birth of Particle Physics, ed. Laurie M. Brown and Lillian Hoddeson (New York: Cambridge University Press: 1983), 183-205
Bruno Rossi, "Arcetri, 1928-1932," in Early History of Cosmic Ray Studies, ed. Yataro Sekido and Harry Elliot (Boston: D. Reidel: 1985), 53-73
George W. Clark, "The Contributions of Bruno B. Rossi to Particle Physics and Astrophysics," in Atti del XXV Congresso Nazionale di Storia della Fisica e dell’Astronomia, Milano, 10-12 novembre 2005 (Milan: SISFA: 2005), R1.1-R1.16
Luisa Bonolis, "Walther Bothe and Bruno Rossi: The Birth and Development of Coincidence Methods in Cosmic-Ray Physics," American Journal of Physics 79 (2011): 1133-1150
