The Last Man Who Knew Everything: The Life and Times of Enrico Fermi, Father of the Nuclear Age by David N. Schwartz
The Last Man Who Knew Everything: The Life and Times of Enrico Fermi, Father of the Nuclear Age
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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

448 pages • first pub 2017 (view editions)

nonfiction biography history science informative slow-paced
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In 1942, a team at the University of Chicago achieved what no one had before: a nuclear chain reaction. At the forefront of this breakthrough stood Enrico Fermi. Straddling the ages of classical physics and quantum mechanics, equally at ease with ...

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