Fermi remembered /

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Imprint:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2004] ©2004
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 287 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Fermi, Enrico, -- 1901-1954 -- Archives. Fermi, Enrico, -- 1901-1954. Nuclear physics. Nuclear physics. Archives.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11204909

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Other authors / contributors:	Fermi, Enrico, 1901-1954. Cronin, James W., 1931-2016.
ISBN:	9780226109954 022610995X 0226121119 9780226121116 9780226100883
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-268) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	"Nobel laureate and scientific luminary Enrico Fermi (1901-1954) was a pioneering nuclear physicist whose contributions to the field were numerous, profound, and lasting. Best known for his involvement with the Manhattan Project and his work at Los Alamos that led to the first self-sustained nuclear reaction and ultimately to the production of electric power and plutonium for atomic weapons, Fermi and his legacy continue to color the character of the sciences at the University of Chicago. During his tenure as professor of physics at the Institute for Nuclear Studies, Fermi attracted an extraordinary scientific faculty and many talented students - ten Nobel Prizes were awarded to faculty or students under Fermi's tutelage." "Fermi Remembered combines essays and newly commissioned reminiscences with private material from Fermi's research notebooks, correspondence, speech outlines, and lectures to document the profound and enduring significance of Fermi's life and labors. In candid recollections of Fermi by his colleagues and students, the eminent physicist emerges as a three-dimensional character who, for example, with his wife Laura, opened his home to young people for square dances during which the discussion of physics was forbidden. The volume also features extensive university archival material - including correspondence between Fermi and biophysicist Leo Szilard and a letter from Harry Truman - with new introductions that provide context for both the history of physics and the academic tradition at the University of Chicago."--Jacket.
Other form:	Print version: Fermi remembered 0226121119

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Summary:	Nobel laureate and scientific luminary Enrico Fermi (1901-54) was a pioneering nuclear physicist whose contributions to the field were numerous, profound, and lasting. Best known for his involvement with the Manhattan Project and his work at Los Alamos that led to the first self-sustained nuclear reaction and ultimately to the production of electric power and plutonium for atomic weapons, Fermi's legacy continues to color the character of the sciences at the University of Chicago. During his tenure as professor of physics at the Institute for Nuclear Studies, Fermi attracted an extraordinary scientific faculty and many talented students--ten Nobel Prizes were awarded to faculty or students under his tutelage.<br> <br> Born out of a symposium held to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of Fermi's birth, Fermi Remembered combines essays and newly commissioned reminiscences with private material from Fermi's research notebooks, correspondence, speech outlines, and teaching to document the profound and enduring significance of Fermi's life and labors. The volume also features extensives archival material--including correspondence between Fermi and biophysicist Leo Szilard and a letter from Harry Truman--with new introductions that provide context for both the history of physics and the academic tradition at the University of Chicago.<br> <br> Edited by James W. Cronin, a University of Chicago physicist and Nobel laureate himself, Fermi Remembered is a tender tribute to one of the greatest scientists of the twentieth century.<br> <br> Contributors:<br> Harold Agnew<br> Nina Byers<br> Owen Chamberlain<br> Geoffrey F. Chew<br> James W. Cronin<br> George W. Farwell<br> Jerome I. Friedman<br> Richard L. Garwin<br> Murray Gell-Mann<br> Maurice Glicksman<br> Marvin L. Goldberger<br> Uri Haber-Schaim<br> Roger Hildebrand<br> Tsung Dao Lee<br> Darragh Nagle<br> Jay Orear<br> Marshall N. Rosenbluth<br> Arthur Rosenfeld<br> Robert Schluter<br> Jack Steinberger<br> Valentine Telegdi<br> Al Wattenberg<br> Frank Wilczek<br> Lincoln Wolfenstein<br> Courtenay Wright<br> Chen Ning Yang<br> Gaurang Yodh
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xi, 287 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-268) and index.
ISBN:	9780226109954 022610995X 0226121119 9780226121116 9780226100883