Franco Rasetti, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Franco Rasetti

Italian physicist

Date of Birth: 10-Aug-1901

Place of Birth: Castiglione del Lago, Umbria, Italy

Date of Death: 05-Dec-2001

Profession: physicist, university teacher, paleontologist, botanist, pathologist, nuclear physicist

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Franco Dino Rasetti (August 10, 1901 – December 5, 2001) was an Italian physicist who, together with Enrico Fermi, discovered key processes leading to nuclear fission.
Rasetti refused to work on the Manhattan Project on moral grounds.