Enrico Fermi

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Enrico Fermi - Italian nuclear physicist (in the United States after 1939) who worked on artificial radioactivity caused by neutron bombardment and who headed the group that in 1942 produced the first controlled nuclear reaction (1901-1954)

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Fermi fermion fermium neutrino physics Szilard Leo			She also said that the 1940s in Los Alamos -- rubbing shoulders with people like Hans Bethe, Richard Feynman, Enrico Fermi and Robert Serber -- "were the best years of my life. PRISCILLA DUFFIELD, 1918-2009; 'RIGHT HAND' TO FATHER OF ATOMIC BOMB by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM) Back in 1934 Enrico Fermi predicted that if another atom were to find that lone, wandering electron, it might interact with it. New molecule made that earlier existed only in theories: BBC by Balochistan Times (Baluchistan Province, Pakistan) It's named after Enrico Fermi, an Italian-American physicist who helped design the first atomic bomb and also studied gamma-ray bursts. Watching deep-space fireworks by Ornes, Stephen / Science News for Kids			enquire Enquirer enquiring enquiringly enquiry enquiry desk Enrace enrage enraged Enragement Enrange Enrank enrapt enrapture enraptured Enravish Enravishingly Enravishment Enregister Enrheum enrich enriched Enricher enrichment Enrico Caruso Enrico Fermi Enridge Enright Enring enriositatis Enripen Enrive enrobe Enrockment enrol enrol(l)ment fee enroll enrollee Enroller enrollment enrolment enroot Enround ENS Ens. ENSA Ensafe ensample ensanguine Ensate Enscale			enrichment Enrichment and Reprocessing enrichment broth enrichment broth Enrichment Center Percussion Ensemble enrichment culture enrichment culture enrichment culture enrichment culture enrichment culture Enrichment Factor Enrichment Factor Enrichment Learning Program for the Academically Talented enrichment medium Enrichment of Nuclear Fuel Enrichment Plant Safeguards Review Group Enrichment Programme for Young Mathematics Talents Enrichment System enrichments enrichments enrichments enrichments Enrico Enrico Berlinguer Enrico Berlinguer Enrico Braggiotti Enrico Caruso Enrico Caruso Enrico Caruso Enrico Dandolo Enrico Fermi Enrico Fermi Atomic Power Plant Enrico Fermi Award Enrico Fermi Institute Enrico Fermi Institute for Nuclear Studies Enrico Fermi Prize Enrico Ferri Enrico Giuseppe Giovanni Boito Enrico Giuseppe Giovanni Boito Enrico I Enrico I Enrico I Enrico II Enrico II Enrico II Enrico III Enrico III Enrico III Enrico Nicola Mancini Enrico Nicola Mancini Enrico Tamberlik Enrico Tellini Enrico Tellini Enrico V Enrico V Enrico V Enridge Enright Enright Enright, Anne Enright, D J

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