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Enrico Fermi

(Fermi, Enrico, 1901-1954)

Enrico Fermi (Italian: [enˈriːko ˈfermi]; 29 September 1901 – 28 November 1954) was an Italian and naturalized American physicist, renowned for being the creator of the world's first artificial nuclear reactor, the Chicago Pile-1, and a member of the Manhattan Project. He has been called the "architect of the nuclear age" and the "architect of the atomic bomb". He was one of very few physicists to excel in both theoretical and experimental physics. Fermi was awarded the 1938 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on induced radioactivity by neutron bombardment and for the discovery of transuranium elements. With his colleagues, Fermi filed several patents related to the use of nuclear power, all of which were taken over by the US government. He made significant contributions to the development of statistical mechanics, quantum theory, and nuclear and particle physics. (From Wikipedia)

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Fermi, Enrico, 1901-1954: Elementary theory of the pile (U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1946), also by U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
Fermi, Enrico, 1901-1954: Enrico Fermi fast breeder reactor plant. ([Office of Technical Services], 1956), also by U.S. Atomic Energy Commission and Inc Atomic Power Development Associates (page images at HathiTrust)
Fermi, Enrico, 1901-1954: Experimental production of a divergent chain reaction (Oak Ridge, Tennessee : U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Technical Information Servoce, [1952], 1952), also by U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
Fermi, Enrico, 1901-1954: Neutron physics : a course of lectures by E. Fermi ([s.n.], 1946), also by Isaac Halpern (page images at HathiTrust)
Fermi, Enrico, 1901-1954: Neutron physics; a revision of I. Halpern's notes on E. Fermi's lectures in 1945 (Technical Information Branch, 1951), also by Isaac Halpern, James Gwavas Beckerley, and U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
Fermi, Enrico, 1901-1954: Note on census-taking in Monte-Carlo calculations (Los Alamos, New Mexico : Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory of the University of California, 1948., 1948), also by Robert D. Richtmyer, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, and U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
Fermi, Enrico, 1901-1954: Numerical solution of a minimum problem (Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory of the University of California, 1952), also by N. Metropolis, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, and U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
Fermi, Enrico, 1901-1954: On the interaction between neutrons and electrons (Technical Information Division, Oak Ridge Directed Operations, 1947), also by Leona Marshall Libby, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, and Argonne National Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)
Fermi, Enrico, 1901-1954: Phase of neutron scattering (Oak Ridge, Tennessee : War Department, Corps of Engineers, Office of the District Engineer, Manhattan District, 1946., 1946), also by L. Marshall, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, and Manhattan Engineer District (page images at HathiTrust)
Fermi, Enrico, 1901-1954: Phase of scattering of thermal neutrons by aluminum and strontium (U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1947), also by L. Marshall, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, and Argonne National Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)
Fermi, Enrico, 1901-1954: Spin dependence of scattering of slow neutrons by Be, Al, and Bi (U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1947), also by L. Marshall, Argonne National Laboratory, and U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
Fermi, Enrico, 1901-1954: Spin dependence of slow neutron scattering by deuterons (U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Technical Information Branch, 1949), also by L. Marshall, Argonne National Laboratory, and U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
Fermi, Enrico, 1901-1954: Studies of nonlinear problems. [Part] I (Los Alamos, New Mexico : Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory of the University of California, 1955., 1955), also by Stanislaw M. Ulam, John R. Pasta, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, and U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
Fermi, Enrico, 1901-1954: Taylor instability of incompressible liquids (United States Atomic Energy Commission, Technical Information Service, 1953), also by John Von Neumann (page images at HathiTrust)

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