Lattes biography

Brazilian physicist (1924–2005)

Cesare Mansueto Giulio Lattes (11 July 1924 – 8 March 2005), also known as César Lattes, was a Brazilian experimental physicist, one of the discoverers of the pion, a composite subatomic particlemade of a quark and an antiquark.

Life

Lattes was born to a family of Italianimmigrants in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. He began his basic studies at his home state but later on moved to São Paulo, where he finished high school.

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He proceeded to enroll in the University of São Paulo, graduating in 1943, in mathematics and physics. He was part of an initial group of young Brazilian physicists who worked under European teachers such as Gleb Wataghin and Giuseppe Occhialini.

Lattes was considered the most brilliant student in his group and was noted at a very young age as a bold researcher. His colleagues, who also became important Brazilian scientists, were Oscar Sala, Mário Schenberg, Roberto Salmeron, Marcelo Damy de Souza Santos and Jaym