Olinto De Pretto
Male, Deceased Person
1857 – 1921
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Who was Olinto De Pretto?
Olinto De Pretto was an Italian industrialist and geologist from Schio, Vicenza. There are claims that De Pretto may have been the first person to derive the energy–mass-equivalence, generally attributed to Albert Einstein. He suggested that radioactive decay of uranium and thorium was an example of mass transforming into energy.
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- Born
- Apr 26, 1857
Schio - Ethnicity
- Italian people
- Nationality
- Italy
- Died
- 1921
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on July 23, 2013
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