Fermi, Enrico

Enrico Fermi
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Name	Fermi, Enrico Gender: M
born on	29 September 1901 at 19:00 (= 7:00 PM )
Place	Rome, Italy, 41n54, 12e29
Timezone	MET h1e (is standard time)
Data source	Quoted BC/BR Rodden Rating AA Collector: Gauquelin
Astrology data	05°53' 27°01 Asc. 04°33'

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Enrico Fermi

Biography

Italian-American physicist who, with Leo Szilard, discovered uranium fission. In 1942, he invented the atomic reactor. Fermi designed the first atomic piles and produced the first nuclear chain reaction in 1942, and later worked on the Atomic Project in Los Alamos.

Born in Rome, he was the son of the chief inspector of Italy's railways. He was a child prodigy in mathematics and physics Receiving his doctorate at age 21, he studied physics at the University of Göttingen in Germany, taught math at the University of Florence and became professor of theoretical physics at the University of Rome in 1926.

He developed statistics to explain the behavior of electrons and a theory of beta decay. In 1938 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics for his work on the production of artificial radioactivity and was allowed to receive the prize by Mussolini at the award ceremony in Sweden.

Fearing for the safety of his family, instead of returning to Italy, Fermi went to the U.S. with his wife and children and settled in Leonia, New Jersey. He taught at Columbia University until 1942 when he moved to the University of Chicago to became a key scientist in the Manhattan Project. At the University of Chicago, Fermi created the first controlled nuclear fission chain reaction. The remainder of the war years he worked on the atomic bomb. He later opposed the development of the hydrogen bomb on ethical grounds.

He married Laura Capon, daughter of a Jewish captain in the Italian navy. They had a daughter, Nella, and a son, Giulio. Laura died in 1977.

Fermi died of cancer on 11/28/1954 in Chicago, IL.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Relationships

• associate relationship with Goodenough, John B. (born 25 July 1922). Notes: Worked and studied together

• associate relationship with Rossi, Bruno (born 13 April 1905). Notes: Colleagues

• associate relationship with Salvadori, Mario (born 19 March 1907)

• business associate/partner relationship with Born, Max (born 11 December 1882)

• business associate/partner relationship with Rasetti , Franco (born 10 August 1901). Notes: Colleagues

• friend relationship with Wigner, Eugene (born 17 November 1902)

Events

• Work : Prize 1938 (Nobel Prize in physics)

• Work : Great Achievement 1942 (Produced the first nuclear chain reaction)

• Work : Great Achievement 1942 (Invented atomic reactor and discovered uranium fission)

• Death, Cause unspecified 28 November 1954 (Age 53)
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Source Notes

Gauquelin Vol. 2/3027

Categories

• Traits : Mind : Exceptional mind

• Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages (One)

• Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3 (Two)

• Lifestyle : Home : Expatriate (Italy and U.S.)

• Vocation : Education : Teacher (Professor of physics)

• Vocation : Science : Physics

• Notable : Extraordinary Talents : For Abstract thought

• Notable : Awards : Nobel prize (Physics)

• Notable : Famous : Historic figure (Atom bomb scientist)

• Notable : Famous : Top 5% of Profession

• Notable : Book Collection : American Book