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Enrico Fermi ( 1901-09-29 – 1954-11-28 ) was an Italian physicist, most noted for his work on beta decay, the development of the first nuclear reactor, and for the development of quantum theory. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1938....


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Name: Enrico Fermi
Birth Date: September 29, 1901
Death Date: 1954
Place of Birth: Rome, Italy
Place of Death: Illinois, United States
Nationality: Italian, American
Gender: Male
Occupations: physicist, scientist

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Biography of Enrico Fermi
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The Italian-American physicist Enrico Fermi (1901-1954) discovered "Fermi statistics," described beta decay, established the properties of slow neutrons, and constructed the first atomic pile. In Enrico Fermi, the theorist and experimentalist were...
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Biography of Enrico Fermi
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Fermi was born in Rome, Italy, on September 29, 1901. He became interested in physics at an early age and taught himself the basics of the subject. His textbook was written in Latin because no Italian-language text was then available. Fermi entered the...
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Enrico Fermi's fame rests on accomplishments in the fields of both theoretical and experimental physics. At the age of 25, he developed a statistical method for describing the behavior of a cloud of electrons that later came to be known as Fermi-Dirac...


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Fermi, Enrico (1901–1954) Summary
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Enrico Fermi was both a brilliant theorist and an unusually gifted experimentalist — a combination of talents seldom found among twentieth-century physicists. Born in 1901 in Rome, Fermi obtained his doctor's degree in physics magna cum laude...
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1901-1954 American Physicist Enrico Fermi discovered a way to induce artificial radiation in heavy elements by shooting neutrons into their atomic nuclei. Using this technique he produced the first transuranium elements; that is, heavy elements that...
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Born September 29, 1901 Rome, Italy Died November 30, 1954 Chicago, Illinois Nobel Prize–winning physicist Enrico Fermi. . "It is no good to try to...
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Enrico Fermi Builds the First Nuclear Reactor Summary
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On December 2, 1942, a group led by Enrico Fermi (1901-1954) built and started up the world's first man-made nuclear reactor. This was a test to prove that a nuclear reactor could be built, and it paved the way initially for nuclear reactors...
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The Nation
Atomic pile. (unsubstantiated espionage charges against J. Robert Oppenheimer, Enrico Fermi, Leo Szilard and Niels Bohr) (Editorial)
05/23/1994: 507 words, approx. 2 pages
The old Soviet aphorism "The past is more difficult to predict than the future" wryly made the point that in a Communist society history is not merely the study of the past. The recent publication by Little, Brown of former K.G.B. agent Pavel Sudoplatov's...
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The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
Leonia Man Donates Fermi Tools
06/27/1996: 730 words, approx. 2 pages
RICHARD COWEN, Staff Writer The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 06-27-1996 LEONIA MAN DONATES FERMI TOOLS -- GIFTS OF THE NUCLEAR AGE By RICHARD COWEN, Staff Writer Date: 06-27-1996, Thursday Section: NEWS Edition: All Bergen Editions -- 3 Star, 2 Star B, 1 Star Late,...
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Investor's Business Daily
He Had Firm Grasp Of Physics
6/25/2007: 1,143 words, approx. 4 pages
When studying physics, Enrico Fermi was in his element.So much so, he has an element named after him.That would be fermium, the 100th element, called that in his honor by admiring colleagues.He is the namesake of the Fermi Institute on the campus of the University...
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Physicist, activist Panofsky dies at 88
9/29/2007: 502 words, approx. 2 pages
Wolfgang K.H. Panofsky, a physicist who was a consultant on the Manhattan Project and devoted much of his life to promoting nuclear arms control, has died. He was 88.Panofsky, affectionally known as "Pief," had a heart attack Monday in Los Altos, Stanford University officials said."He...
 


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