Gioacchino Failla, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American scientist
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Place of Birth: Castelbuono, Sicily, Italy
About Gioacchino Failla
- Gioacchino Failla (19 July 1891 – 15 December 1961) was an Italian-born American physicist.
- A pioneer in both biophysics and radiobiology, he was particularly noted for his work on the role of radiation as a cause of cancer and genetic mutation.
- He was born in Castelbuono in the Province of Palermo and emigrated with his family to the United States in 1906.
- After his retirement from Columbia University's Center for Radiological Research in 1960, he was appointed Senior Scientist Emeritus in the Radiological Physics Division of the Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois.
- He was killed in a car accident near the laboratory at the age of 70.
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