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03479aam a2200457Ii 4500 001 AEF9A33A239311E9A16D344A97128E48 003 SILO 005 20190129010118 008 170109t20172016nyu 000 0 eng d 020 $a 1627790055 020 $a 9781627790055 020 $a 9781250143792 020 $a 1250143799 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d MND $d OCLCF $d ZPP $d IGA $d UCW $d MDK $d OCLCA $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- $a n-us--- 050 4 $a QC16.F46 $b S44 2017 082 14 $a B $b F359S 2017 100 1 $a SegreÌ, Gino, $e author. 245 14 $a The Pope of Physics : $b Enrico Fermi and the birth of the atomic age / $c Gino SegreÌ and Bettina Hoerlin. 245 00 $a <>. 264 1 $a New York : $b Picador, $c 2017. 300 $a xv, 353 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 21 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Family roots -- The Little Match (Il Piccolo Fiammifero) -- Leaning in: physics and Pisa -- Student days -- The young proteÌgeÌ -- The summer of 1924 -- Florence -- Quantum leaps -- Enrico and Laura -- The boys of Via Panisperna -- The Royal Academy -- Crossing the Atlantic -- Bombarding the neutron -- Decay -- The neutron comes to Rome -- The rise and fall of the boys -- Transitions -- Stockholm calls -- Fission -- News travels -- Chain reaction -- The race begins -- New Americans and the birth of the pile -- The sleeping giant -- Chicago bound -- Critical pile (CP-1) -- The day the atomic age was born -- The Manhattan project: a three-legged stool -- Signor Fermi becomes Mister Farmer -- GoÌtterdaÌmmerung -- The hill -- "No acceptable alternative" -- Aftershock -- Goodbye, Mr. Farmer -- Physicist with a capital 'F' -- The Fermi method -- The super -- Circling back -- Summer of '54 -- Farewell to the navigator. 520 $a Enrico Fermi is unquestionably among the greats of the world’s physicists, the most famous Italian scientist since Galilo. Called âthe Popeâ by his peers, he was regarded as infallible in his instincts and research. His discoveries changed our world; they led to weapons of mass destruction and conversely to life-saving medical interventions. This unassuming man struggled with issues relevant today, such as the threat of nuclear annihilation and the relationship of science to politics. Fleeing Fascism and anti-Semitism, Fermi became a leading figure in America’s most secret project: building the atomic bomb. An examination of the human dramas that touched Fermi’s life as well as a thrilling history of scientific innovation in the twentieth century, this is the comprehensive biography that Fermi deserves. --Publisher 600 10 $a Fermi, Enrico, $d 1901-1954. 650 0 $a Physicists $z Italy $v Biography. 650 0 $a Physicists $z United States $v Biography. 650 7 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a HISTORY / United States / 20th Century. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a SCIENCE / Physics / Nuclear. $2 bisacsh 600 17 $a Fermi, Enrico, $d 1901-1954. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00008878 650 7 $a Physicists. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01063014 651 7 $a Italy. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204565 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a Biography. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423686 700 1 $a Hoerlin, Bettina, $d 1939- $e author. 941 $a 1 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20190129010407.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=AEF9A33A239311E9A16D344A97128E48 994 $a C0 $b JIDInitiate Another SILO Locator Search