The last man who knew everything, the life and times of Enrico Fermi, father of the nuclear age, David N. Schwartz
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The last man who knew everything, the life and times of Enrico Fermi, father of the nuclear age, David N. Schwartz
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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individual biography
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illustrations
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index present
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non fiction
Main title
The last man who knew everything
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bibliography
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272335
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David N. Schwartz
Sub title
the life and times of Enrico Fermi, father of the nuclear age
Table of contents
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
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