The last man who knew everything : the life and times of Enrico Fermi, father of the nuclear age / David N. Schwartz.

"In December 1942, a team at the University of Chicago achieved a milestone in human history: a nuclear chain reaction. At the forefront of this breakthrough stood Enrico Fermi, the father of the nuclear age. But as David N. Schwartz shows in this groundbreaking biography, Fermi's impact goes well b...

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Main Author:	Schwartz, David N., 1956- (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Basic Books, an imprint of Perseus Books, LLC, a subsidiary of Hachette Book Group, Inc., 2017.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Fermi, Enrico, > 1901-1954. Physicists > Italy > Biography. Physicists > United States > Biography. Nuclear physicists > Italy > Biography. Nuclear physicists > United States > Biography. Nuclear physicists. Physicists. Italy. United States. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology. SCIENCE / History. Biographies.
Genre:	Biography. Biographies.
Physical Description:	xxiii, 453 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Format:	Book