Enrico Fermi : and the revolutions of modern physics /

A biography of the Nobel Prize-winning physicist whose work led to the discovery of nuclear fission, the basis of nuclear power and the atom bomb.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cooper, Dan
Other Authors: Fermi, Enrico, 1901-1954
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, ©1998.
Series:Oxford portraits in science.
Subjects:
Fermi, Enrico, > 1901-1954.
Fermi, Enrico, > 1901-1954
Nuclear physics > History > Juvenile literature.
Physicists > Italy > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Nuclear physicists.
Physique nucléaire > Histoire > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
JUVENILE NONFICTION > Science & Nature > Physics.
JUVENILE NONFICTION > Biography & Autobiography > Science & Technology.
Nuclear physics.
Physicists.
Italy.
Biographies.
History.
Juvenile works.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Born in a revolution
  • Early promise fulfilled
  • Road to a noble prize
  • Racing to a chain reaction
  • Los Alamos and the a-bomb
  • Science in Chicago, service in Washington
  • Great man honored and remembered.

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