Aldo Pontremoli
Italian physicist and polar explorer (1896–1928) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Aldo Pontremoli (Italian pronunciation: [ˈaldo ponˈtrɛːmoli]; 19 January 1896 – 25 May 1928) was an Italian physicist who held a chair of theoretical physics at the physics department of the University of Milan from 1926 and who founded and directed the Institute of Advanced Physics at the University of Milan from 1924 until his disappearance and presumed death in May 1928. Pontremoli was one of the six men who disappeared with the airborne envelope of the airship Italia after it had crashed on the Arctic ice on 25 May 1928.
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Born | (1896-01-19)19 January 1896 Milan, Italy |
Died | Disappeared 25 May 1928 (aged 32) Last seen at 81°14′N 28°14′E, NE of Nordaustlandet, Svalbard, Norway |
Alma mater | Università degli studi di Roma "La Sapienza" |
Known for | Research in theoretical physics, optics, radioactivity and hydrodynamics |
Awards | Associazione Nazionale Combattenti scholarship |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Institutions | Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge |
Academic advisors | Orso Mario Corbino |
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