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Giulio ('''Yoel''') '''Racah''' ( 1909 - August 28 , 1965 ) was an Israeli Physicist and Mathematician .

Born in Florence, Italy , he took his PhD from the University there in 1930 , and later studied in Rome with Enrico Fermi . In 1939 Racah immigrated to Palestine , and was appointed Professor of Theoretical Physics at the Hebrew University Of Jerusalem , where he was later Dean of the Faculty of Sciences, and finally Rector and acting President.

Racah's research was mainly in the fields of Quantum Physics and atomic Spectroscopy . In 1958 he was awarded the Israel Prize for lifetime contribution to physics.


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The Racah Crater on the Moon was named after him.


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  • Timeline (at Racah Institute of Physics at Hebrew University)