Enrico Fermi

Basic info

• Sept. 29 , 1901 in Rome, Italy (born) 
• Achieved almost 10 awards throughout lifetime
• Renowned physicist, highly intelligent
• died in 1954, Nov. 28 in Chicago

Most Notable achievement

most un-noted achievement

Nuclear Reactor

• Gives energy to millions each year
• Still used 1/2 century later
• Negative effects, but lesser threat
• Unsung hero

Atomic Bomb

• Also important, but more dangerous
• Only important during war
• Extremely destructive and hazardous

Works Cited

• Fermi, Enrico. "On the origin of the cosmic radiation." Physical Review 75.8 (1949): 1169.
• Fermi, Laura. Atoms in the family: my life with Enrico Fermi. University of Chicago Press, 1995.
• FERMI, Enrico. "Neutronic reactor." U.S. Patent No. 2,708,656. 17 May 1955.
• Fermi, Enrico. "Neutronic reactor." U.S. Patent No. 2,714,577. 2 Aug. 1955.