About the Author
Dr. Robert Piccioni is a physicist, educator, and high-tech entrepreneur. He explains the wonders of science at high schools, civic organizations, universities, business groups, adult education programs, and cruise ships.
He has a B.S. degree from Caltech where one of his professors was Nobel Laureate Richard Feynman, and a Ph.D. degree in high-energy physics from Stanford University where his thesis advisor was Nobel Laureate Melvin Schwartz. He was a member of the research faculty of Harvard University working with Nobel Laureate Carlo Rubbia.
He was a principal of eight high-tech companies that produced ct-scanners, cancer therapy equipment, enabling technology for handicapped people, semiconductor fabrication machinery, bone densitometers, and devices for endoscopic surgery.
He has several patents in medical, semiconductor, and smart energy technologies.
Dr. Piccioni is now teaching classes including: “Einstein for Everyone”; “Stars, Energy, and Black Holes”; and “Our Universe: the Known and the Unknown.”