Enrico Fermi : and the revolutions of modern physics /
Cooper, Dan.
Enrico Fermi : and the revolutions of modern physics / Dan Cooper. - New York : Oxford University Press, ©1998. - 1 online resource (117 pages) : illustrations. - Oxford portraits in science . - Oxford portraits in science. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-114) and index.
Born in a revolution -- Early promise fulfilled -- Road to a noble prize -- Racing to a chain reaction -- Los Alamos and the a-bomb -- Science in Chicago, service in Washington -- Great man honored and remembered.
A biography of the Nobel Prize-winning physicist whose work led to the discovery of nuclear fission, the basis of nuclear power and the atom bomb.
9780198027836 (electronic bk.) 0198027834 (electronic bk.)
Fermi, Enrico, 1901-1954.
Fermi, Enrico, 1901-1954.
Fermi, Enrico, 1901-1954
Nuclear physics--History--Juvenile literature.
Physicists--Italy--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Nuclear physicists.
Physique nucléaire--Histoire--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
JUVENILE NONFICTION--Science & Nature--Physics.
JUVENILE NONFICTION--Biography & Autobiography--Science & Technology.
Nuclear physics.
Physicists.
Italy.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
History.
Juvenile works.
QC16.F46 / C66 1999eb
539.7/092 B
Enrico Fermi : and the revolutions of modern physics / Dan Cooper. - New York : Oxford University Press, ©1998. - 1 online resource (117 pages) : illustrations. - Oxford portraits in science . - Oxford portraits in science. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-114) and index.
Born in a revolution -- Early promise fulfilled -- Road to a noble prize -- Racing to a chain reaction -- Los Alamos and the a-bomb -- Science in Chicago, service in Washington -- Great man honored and remembered.
A biography of the Nobel Prize-winning physicist whose work led to the discovery of nuclear fission, the basis of nuclear power and the atom bomb.
9780198027836 (electronic bk.) 0198027834 (electronic bk.)
Fermi, Enrico, 1901-1954.
Fermi, Enrico, 1901-1954.
Fermi, Enrico, 1901-1954
Nuclear physics--History--Juvenile literature.
Physicists--Italy--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Nuclear physicists.
Physique nucléaire--Histoire--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
JUVENILE NONFICTION--Science & Nature--Physics.
JUVENILE NONFICTION--Biography & Autobiography--Science & Technology.
Nuclear physics.
Physicists.
Italy.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
History.
Juvenile works.
QC16.F46 / C66 1999eb
539.7/092 B