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Re:Giuseppe 'Bepi' Colombo: Grandfather of the orbital fly-by by davidw on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @01:08AM (#28138244)
University of Padova has turned out a lot of impressive people. See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federico_Faggin

Further back, Galileo taught there.

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Re:Giuseppe 'Bepi' Colombo: Grandfather of the orbital fly-by by lou1306 on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @04:16AM (#28139370)
Another case in point: Tullio Levi-Civita [0]. His work on tensor calculus became a cornerstone of relativity. Famously, Einstein was once asked what he liked the most about Italy, and replied: "Spaghetti and Levi-Civita".

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tullio_Levi-Civita

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Re:Giuseppe 'Bepi' Colombo: Grandfather of the orbital fly-by by giansegato on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @01:52AM (#28138510)
My Alma Mater! Weird to see it mentioned here.
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