The Last Man Who Knew Everything: The Life and Times of Enrico Fermi, Father of the Nuclear Age

by David N. Schwartz

Book Overview

In 1942, a team at the University of Chicago achieved what no one had before: a nuclear chain reaction. At the forefront of this breakthrough stood Enrico Fermi. Straddling the ages of classical physics and quantum mechanics, equally at ease with theory and experiment, Fermi truly was the last man who knew everything-at least about physics. But he was also a complex figure who was a part of both the Italian Fascist Party and the Manhattan Project,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465072925
• ISBN13: 9780465072927
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.3" x 9.4"