Sollevate e fermi biography
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Enrico Fermi was an Italian-American nuclear physicist who created the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction in 1942.
He played a key role in developing the first atomic bomb and has been described as the architect of the nuclear age. Fermi excelled in both theoretical physics and experimental physics and was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics in 1938, for his work on induced radioactivity.
He made contributions to quantum theory, statistical analysis, nuclear physics and particle physics.
Early life
Enrico Fermi was born in Rome on 29 September 1901.
Sollevate e fermi!” (“Lift it up and halt!”) given by the Head Facchino – the emotion is almost tangible.
From a young age, he displayed an aptitude for mathematics and physics. Largely self-taught, he became knowledgable in quantum mechanics and atomic physics – two subjects which at the time were in their infancy. At the age of only 20, he gained his submitted his Laurea – Italian degree, after submitting his thesis on X-ray diffraction images.
He travelled around Germany and Italy meeting leading physicists. This
