Displaying 1 of 1 2017 Author: Schwartz, David N., 1956- author. Title: The last man who knew everything : the life and times of Enrico Fermi, father of the nuclear age / David N. Schwartz. Edition: First edition. Publisher, Date: New York, NY : Basic Books, an imprint of Perseus Books, LLC, a subsidiary of Hachette Book Group, Inc., 2017. Format: Book Description: xxiii, 453 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Summary: 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. Subjects: Fermi, Enrico, 1901-1954. Physicists -- Italy -- Biography. Physicists -- United States -- Biography. Nuclear physicists -- Italy -- Biography. Nuclear physicists -- United States -- Biography. Nobel Prize winners -- Biography. Genre: Biographies. Other Title: Life and times of Enrico Fermi, father of the nuclear age Notes: "November 2017"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-436) and index. Contents: Part I: Becoming Fermi : -- Prodigy -- Pisa -- Germany and Holland -- Quantum breakthroughs -- Of geckos and men -- Part II: The Rome years : -- Family life -- The Rome School -- Beta rays -- Goldfish -- Physics as soma -- The Nobel Prize -- Part III: The Manhattan Project : -- The New World -- Splitting the atom -- Fermi meets the Navy -- Piles of graphite -- The move to Chicago -- "We're cookin'!" -- Xenon-135 -- On a mesa -- An unholy Trinity -- Part IV: The Chicago years : -- Return to Chicago -- In the public eye -- A patent fight -- Brilliant teacher, beloved mentor -- Travels abroad -- Home to die -- Fermi's legacy. LCCN: 2017020558 ISBN: 9780465072927 (hardcover) 0465072925 (hardcover) * 9780465093120 (electronic book) * 0465093124 Other Number: 982093361 Control Number: 1383348 Course Reserves: 0 System Availability: 1 # Local items: 1 # System items in: 1 # Local items in: 1 Current Holds: 0 Place Request Add to My List Share Expand All | Collapse All Availability Large Cover Image Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1