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Margherita Hack
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Italian astrophysicist and popular science writer (1922-2013)
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Margherita Hack was an Italian astrophysicist, astronomer, non-fiction writer, and researcher. Born in Florence in 1922, she was educated at the University of Florence. Her professional career included positions at the Astronomical Observatory of Trieste and the University of Trieste, with work locations in Russia and Trieste. She was a vegetarian and identified as an atheist.
Hack authored twenty-five works, including *Le système solaire*, *Vi racconto l'astronomia*, *Libera scienza in libero Stato*, *Modern astrophysics*, and *El universo*. She received the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. She died of heart failure in Trieste in 2013 and was buried there. She spoke Italian and held citizenship in Italy and the Kingdom of Italy.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1922
- Died
- 2013
- Works
- 25
Top works
- Le système solaire
- Vi racconto l'astronomia
- Libera scienza in libero Stato
- Modern astrophysics
- El universo
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1922-06-12 ) 12 June 1922, Florence , Tuscany, Kingdom of Italy
- Died
- 29 June 2013 (2013-06-29) (aged 91), Trieste , Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
- Resting place
- Cemetery of Sant'Anna, Trieste
- Alma mater
- University of Florence
- Spouse
- Aldo De Rosa ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1944 )
- Awards
- Targa Giuseppe Piazzi (1994), Premio Internazionale Cortina Ulisse (1995)
- Fields
- Astrophysics , Popular science
- Institutions
- University of Trieste
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Margherita
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Italy
- Place of birth
- Florence
- Place of death
- Trieste
- Educated at
- University of Florence
- Employer
- University of Trieste
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Religion
- atheism
- Field of work
- astronomical observatory
- Sport
- athletics
- Image
- Margherita Hack in Genoa.jpg
- Work location
- Trieste
- Residence
- Italy
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- Commons category
- Margherita Hack
- date of birth
- 1922-06-12
- date of death
- 2013-06-29
- place of burial
- Trieste
- cause of death
- heart failure
- lifestyle
- vegetarianism
- name in native language
- Margherita Hack
- sports discipline competed in
- high jump
- manner of death
- natural causes
- member of
- Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
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Encyclopedic overview
Margherita Hack ( Italian: [marɡeˈriːta ˈak]; 12 June 1922 – 29 June 2013) was an Italian astrophysicist and science communicator. The asteroid 8558 Hack, discovered in 1995, was named in her honour.
Life and career
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