1901-1954

"The first full-scale biography of the Nobel Prize-winning physicist and one of the fathers of the atomic age, Enrico Fermi, ... known as The Pope of Physics. A modest, unassuming man, Fermi was nevertheless one of the most productive and creative scientists of the twentieth century, one of the fathers of the atomic bomb and a Nobel Prize winner whose contributions to physics and nuclear technology live on today, with the largest particle accelerator in the United States and the nation's most significant science and technology award both bearing his name.... An examination of the human dramas that touched Fermi's life as well as a thrilling history of scientific innovation in the twentieth century--including the birth of one of its most controversial disciplines, nuclear physics"--.

"A portrait of physicist and innovator Enrico Fermi assesses his pivotal role in achieving a nuclear chain reaction and shares insights into his complex personality, family ties, and relationships with the Italian Fascist Party and the Manhattan Project."--OCLC.

Chronicles the proposed development of a cobalt H-bomb capable of mass destruction on an unprecedented level, profiling the personalities behind the technology while considering how the bomb represents humanity's fears about destruction science.

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.

Physicists J. Robert Oppenheimer, Enrico Fermi, and Leo Szilard are transported to the future at the moment of the first atomic explosion and are forced to face the consequences of their deadly creation.

A biography of the Nobel prize-winning physicist who designed the first atomic piles, produced the first nuclear chain reaction, and aided in the development of the atomic bomb.

Examines the life of the Nobel Prize-winning Italian physicist who, among other achievements, developed the world's first nuclear reactor as part of the effort to create the first nuclear bomb.

Describes the life and work of the Nobel prize-winning physicist known for his research in the area of nuclear energy.

Tells the life story of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Enrico Fermi, describing his childhood in Italy, his work with atomic energy, and his scientific legacy.