The last man who knew everything : the life and times of Enrico Fermi, father of the nuclear age / David N. Schwartz.
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TextPublisher: New York : Basic Books, an imprint of Perseus Books, LLC, a subsidiary of Hachette Book Group, Inc., [2017]Description: 453 pages 25 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780465072927
- 0465072925
- 530.092Â BÂ 23
- QC16.F46Â S39 2017
| Item type | Current library | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | Independence Public Library Adult Non-Fiction | Independence Public Library | Adult Books | 530.09 SCHWARTZ (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 36123001604360 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prodigy -- Pisa -- Germany and Holland -- Quantum breakthroughs -- Of geckos and men -- Family life -- The Rome School -- Beta rays -- Goldfish -- Physics as soma -- The Nobel Prize -- The new world -- Splitting the atom -- Fermi meets the Navy -- Piles of graphite -- The move to Chicago -- Squash courts -- Xenon-135 -- On a mesa -- An unholy Trinity -- Return to Chicago -- In the public eye -- A patent fight -- Brilliant teacher, beloved mentor -- Travels abroad -- Home to die -- Fermi's legacy.
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