Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-114) and index.
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.
Born in a revolution -- Early promise fulfilled -- Road to a noble prize -- Racing to a chain reaction -- Los Alamos and the a-bomb -- Science in Chicago, service in Washington -- Great man honored and remembered.
Oxford portraits in science
Fermi, Enrico, , 1901-1954
Fermi, Enrico, , 1901-1954
Nuclear physics , History , Juvenile literature
Physicists , Italy , Biography , Juvenile literature