The last man who knew everything : the life and times of Enrico Fermi, father of the nuclear age /
Schwartz, David N., 1956-
The last man who knew everything : the life and times of Enrico Fermi, father of the nuclear age / David N. Schwartz. - pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prodigy -- Pisa -- Germany and Holland -- Quantum breakthroughs -- Of geckos and men -- Family life -- The Rome School -- Beta rays -- Goldfish -- Physics as soma -- The Nobel Prize -- The new world -- Splitting the atom -- Fermi meets the Navy -- Piles of graphite -- The move to Chicago -- Squash courts -- Xenon-135 -- On a mesa -- An unholy Trinity -- Return to Chicago -- In the public eye -- A patent fight -- Brilliant teacher, beloved mentor -- Travels abroad -- Home to die -- Fermi's legacy.
9780465072927 0465072925
2017020558
Fermi, Enrico, 1901-1954.
Physicists--Italy--Biography.
Physicists--United States--Biography.
Nuclear physicists--Italy--Biography.
Nuclear physicists--United States--Biography.
QC16.F46 / S39 2017
530.092 B
The last man who knew everything : the life and times of Enrico Fermi, father of the nuclear age / David N. Schwartz. - pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prodigy -- Pisa -- Germany and Holland -- Quantum breakthroughs -- Of geckos and men -- Family life -- The Rome School -- Beta rays -- Goldfish -- Physics as soma -- The Nobel Prize -- The new world -- Splitting the atom -- Fermi meets the Navy -- Piles of graphite -- The move to Chicago -- Squash courts -- Xenon-135 -- On a mesa -- An unholy Trinity -- Return to Chicago -- In the public eye -- A patent fight -- Brilliant teacher, beloved mentor -- Travels abroad -- Home to die -- Fermi's legacy.
9780465072927 0465072925
2017020558
Fermi, Enrico, 1901-1954.
Physicists--Italy--Biography.
Physicists--United States--Biography.
Nuclear physicists--Italy--Biography.
Nuclear physicists--United States--Biography.
QC16.F46 / S39 2017
530.092 B