Title Enrico Fermi : and the revolutions of modern physics / Dan Cooper

Published New York : Oxford University Press, ©1998

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Description 1 online resource (117 pages) : illustrations Series Oxford portraits in science Oxford portraits in science. 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 Summary 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-114) and index Notes Print version record Subject Fermi, Enrico, 1901-1954. SUBJECT Fermi, Enrico, 1901-1954 Fermi, Enrico, 1901-1954 fast Subject Nuclear physics -- History -- Juvenile literature Physicists -- Italy -- Biography -- Juvenile literature Nuclear physicists JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Science & Nature -- Physics. JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Biography & Autobiography -- Science & Technology. Nuclear physics Physicists Italy Genre/Form Biographies History Juvenile works Form Electronic book Author Fermi, Enrico, 1901-1954. ISBN 9780198027836 0198027834

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