The last man who knew everything : the life and times of Enrico Fermi, father of the nuclear age /

The last man who knew everything : the life and times of Enrico Fermi, father of the nuclear age /

"In December 1942, a team at the University of Chicago achieved a milestone in human history: a nuclear chain reaction. At the forefront of this breakthrough stood Enrico Fermi, the father of the nuclear age. But as David N. Schwartz shows in this groundbreaking biography, Fermi's impact g...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schwartz, David N., 1956- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Basic Books, an imprint of Perseus Books, LLC, a subsidiary of Hachette Book Group, Inc., 2017.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Fermi, Enrico, > 1901-1954.
Manhattan Project (U.S.)
Physicists > Italy > Biography.
Physicists > United States > Biography.
Nuclear physicists > Italy > Biography.
Nuclear physicists > United States > Biography.
Nobel Prize winners > Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
SCIENCE > History.
Nuclear physicists.
Physicists.
Nuclear physicists > Biography.
Italy.
United States.
Biographies.
Biography.

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