The Saga of Enrico Fermi
Category
Scientists & Inventors
Era / Tenure
Active Era
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#472 in Scientists & Inventors
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ORIGINS & BACKGROUND
Profile & Early Foundations
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, Chicago Pile-1, and a member of the Manhattan Project.
THE JOURNEY & BREAKTHROUGHS
Major Works & Significant Milestones
He won the 1938 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his demonstrations of the existence of new radioactive elements produced by neutron irradiation, and for his related discovery of nuclear reactions brought about by slow neutrons".
Key Milestone & Career Defining Moment
He won the 1938 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his demonstrations of the existence of new radioactive elements produced by neutron irradiation, and for his related discovery of nuclear reactions brought about by slow neutrons".
