Italian physicist and politician
Giorgio Salvini (24 April 1920 – 8 April 2015) was an Italian physicist and politician.
Life.
Born in Milan, in 1953 Salvini was responsible for the construction of the first Italian circular particle accelerator, the electron synchrotron of Frascati ("elettrosincrotrone di Frascati"). Between 1966 and 1970 he was president of the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN). Salvini took part in the CERN experiment that led to the discovery of the W and Z bosons.
He served as president of the Accademia dei Lincei from 1990 to 1994.
He was Minister of University, Scientific Research and Technology in the Dini 1995-1996 cabinet.
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