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Enrico Fermi (Italian: [enˈriːko ˈfermi]; 29 September 1901 – 28 November 1954) was an Italian and later naturalized American physicist, renowned for being the creator of the world's first nuclear reactor, the Chicago Pile-1, and a member of the Manhattan Project.
Apr 12, 2024 · Enrico Fermi, Italian-born American scientist who was one of the chief architects of the nuclear age. He developed the mathematical statistics for a large class of subatomic phenomena, explored nuclear transformations caused by neutrons, and directed the first controlled chain reaction involving nuclear fission.
Apr 2, 2014 · (1901-1954) Who Was Enrico Fermi? Enrico Fermi's early research was in general relativity and quantum mechanics, but he soon focused on the newer field of nuclear physics. He won the...
Apr 1, 2018 · ISBN 978-0-465-07292-7. Enrico Fermi was one of the most accomplished and influential physicists of the twentieth century, but has been the subject of only a handful of biographical treatments. The first of these, Atoms in the Family, was written by his wife Laura shortly before his death in 1954.
The Life of Enrico Fermi. Click for a story about the photograph. On December 2, 1942, Enrico Fermi and his team of scientists harnessed the atom and opened the door to new scientific and technological realms. His achievement allowed the U.S. to produce the atomic bomb that helped end World War II.
Enrico Fermi - Nuclear Physicist, Nobel Prize Winner: Settling first in New York City and then in Leonia, New Jersey, Fermi began his new life at Columbia University, in New York City. Within weeks of his arrival, news that uranium could fission astounded the physics community.
Nov 18, 2016 · Enrico Fermi and the Birth of the Atomic Age. By Gino Segrè and Bettina Hoerlin. Illustrated. 351 pp. Henry Holt & Company. $30. In a controversial lecture more than 50 years ago, the British...
