Atoms in the Family

My Life with Enrico Fermi

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Physics, Nuclear Physics, Biography & Memoir, Reference
Cover of the book Atoms in the Family by Laura Fermi, University of Chicago Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Laura Fermi ISBN: 9780226149653
Publisher: University of Chicago Press Publication: October 24, 2014
Imprint: University of Chicago Press Language: English
Author: Laura Fermi
ISBN: 9780226149653
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication: October 24, 2014
Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Language: English

In this absorbing account of life with the great atomic scientist Enrico Fermi, Laura Fermi tells the story of their emigration to the United States in the 1930s—part of the widespread movement of scientists from Europe to the New World that was so important to the development of the first atomic bomb. Combining intellectual biography and social history, Laura Fermi traces her husband's career from his childhood, when he taught himself physics, through his rise in the Italian university system concurrent with the rise of fascism, to his receipt of the Nobel Prize, which offered a perfect opportunity to flee the country without arousing official suspicion, and his odyssey to the United States.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

In this absorbing account of life with the great atomic scientist Enrico Fermi, Laura Fermi tells the story of their emigration to the United States in the 1930s—part of the widespread movement of scientists from Europe to the New World that was so important to the development of the first atomic bomb. Combining intellectual biography and social history, Laura Fermi traces her husband's career from his childhood, when he taught himself physics, through his rise in the Italian university system concurrent with the rise of fascism, to his receipt of the Nobel Prize, which offered a perfect opportunity to flee the country without arousing official suspicion, and his odyssey to the United States.

More books from University of Chicago Press

Cover of the book In Hock by Laura Fermi
Cover of the book Freedom's Ballot by Laura Fermi
Cover of the book Doormen by Laura Fermi
Cover of the book In the Watches of the Night by Laura Fermi
Cover of the book Justice Scalia by Laura Fermi
Cover of the book The Graduate Advisor Handbook by Laura Fermi
Cover of the book Dangerous Work by Laura Fermi
Cover of the book Knowledge in the Time of Cholera by Laura Fermi
Cover of the book Particle and Wave by Laura Fermi
Cover of the book Working Law by Laura Fermi
Cover of the book The Culinarians by Laura Fermi
Cover of the book Sustainable Values, Sustainable Change by Laura Fermi
Cover of the book The Life of a Leaf by Laura Fermi
Cover of the book Trade and Romance by Laura Fermi
Cover of the book The Book of Caterpillars by Laura Fermi
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy