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Nobel Lecture: The dawn of x-ray astronomy

Riccardo Giacconi

Riccardo Giacconi

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  • Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA

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Rev. Mod. Phys. 75, 995 – Published 8 August, 2003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.75.995

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