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- Enrico Fermi (29 September 1901 - 28 November 1954) was an Italian (later naturalized American) physicist and the creator of the world's first nuclear reactor, the Chicago Pile-1. He has been called the "architect of the nuclear age" and the "architect of the atomic bomb". He was one of very few physicists to excel in both theoretical physics and experimental physics. Fermi was awarded the 1938 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on induced radioactivity by neutron bombardment and for the discovery of trans-uranium elements. With his colleagues, Fermi filed several patents related to the use of nuclear power, all of which were taken over by the US government. He made significant contributions to the development of statistical mechanics, quantum theory, and nuclear and particle physics.
- IMDb mini biography by: Bonitao
- SpouseLaura Capon(July 19, 1928 - November 28, 1954) (his death, 2 children)
- Worked on the Manhattan Project to develop the first atomic bomb.
- Inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame, 1976.
- Nuclear physicist who won the 1938 Nobel Prize in physics.
- Mentioned in One World or None (1946).
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