Luigi Puccianti
Born11 June 1875
Pisa, Italy
Died9 June 1952 (1952-06-10) (aged 76)
Pisa, Italy
Alma materUniversity of Pisa
Scientific career
FieldsPhysicist
Doctoral advisorAngelo Battelli
Doctoral studentsEnrico Fermi, Anna Maria Ciccone

Luigi Puccianti (Italian: [luˈiːdʒi putˈtʃanti]; 11 June 1875 – 9 June 1952) was an Italian physicist.[1]

Career

In 1899–1900, Puccianti constructed a highly sensitive spectrograph, with which he studied the infrared absorption of many compounds and attempted to correlate the spectra with molecular structure.[2][3] He studied the emission spectra of metals and halogens and proposed measuring the wavelength of X-rays by using a diffraction grating at large angles of incidence.

Puccianti was, at one time, the academic advisor to Nobel prize winner Enrico Fermi. He once said there was little he could teach Fermi, and often asked Fermi to teach him something instead.[4]

References

  1. ^ Polvani, G. (1 March 1952). "Mots de commémoration prononcés a la nouvelle de la mort du Prof. Luigi Puccianti". Il Nuovo Cimento (in Italian). Il Nuovo Cimento (1943-1954). 9: 478–479. doi:10.1007/BF02903418. S2CID 120358078. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  2. ^ Workman Jr., Jerry; Weyer, Lois (2007). Practical Guide to Interpretive Near-Infrared Spectroscopy. CRC Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-1-4200-1831-8. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  3. ^ Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1938. p. 131. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  4. ^ Segrè, Emilio (19 October 1970). Enrico Fermi : physicist. Chicago : University of Chicago Press. pp. 15–18. ISBN 978-0-226-74472-8. Retrieved 11 February 2021.


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