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Dr. Piccioni has introduced
cutting-edge science to numerous non-scientific audiences, including
school children and civic groups. He was guest lecturer on a National
Geographic/Lindblad cruise. He has given invited talks at Harvard,
Caltech, and Pepperdine, and is presently giving an eight-week course
on Einstein’s theories at the Osher Institute, an adult
education program, at California State University at Channel Islands.
Dr. Piccioni has a B.S. in
Physics from Caltech, a Ph.D. in High Energy Physics from Stanford
University, was a faculty member at Harvard University and did
research at the Stanford Linear Accelerator in Palo Alto, Calif. |
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Dr.
Piccioni has studied with and done research with numerous Nobel
Laureates. At Caltech, one of his professors was Richard Feynman, one
of the most famous physicists of the 20th century, and a good family
friend. Professor Feynman taught Dr. Piccioni how to play pool, and
the Piccioni's taught Feynman how to sail. |
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Dr. Piccioni was born with
physics in his blood. His father, Dr. Oreste Piccioni, was a famous
high energy physicist who studied under Enrico Fermi, and won the
prestigeous Matteucci Medal, which for 140 years has been awarded to
many of the world's leading scientists for their fundamental
contribution in the progress of science. - i.e. Thomas Edison, Marie
& Pierre Currie, Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr and Enrico Fermi,
among others. |
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