Enrico Fermi

By: Consuela Pendleton

• Enrico Fermi, born in Rome, September 29, 1901.

• Awarded a Scholarship from Italian Government.

Neutronic Reactor

• Enrico Fermi and Leo Szilard discovered the first Nuclear Reactor.

• is in common use in nuclear power plants.

• designed to employ as fuel uranium metal of natural isotopic composition.

• Least tightly held electrons within a solid.

• value of the Fermi level at absolute zero

• called the Fermi energy and is a constant for each.

Facts about Enrico

Awards

• After winning the Nobel Prize – emigrated to America

• Accepted professorship at the institute for Nuclear studies.

• fellowship of the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa

• accomplishments in physics and, development of atomic energy.

The Enrico Fermi Award

• This is an Presidential award.

• oldest and most prestigious science and technology awards.

• given by the U.S. Government.

• Award was established in 1956 as a memorial

Facts about Enrico’s contribution to science

• He did some Work on the quantum theory.

• The element Fermium is named after him.

• He was an Italian physicist

Interesting, relevant facts about Enrico Fermi

• He was known as the Architect of the Nuclear Age.

• He taught at the University of Florence.

• …Also at University of Rome.

…more facts• He studied for 4

years at University of Pisa.

• came up with the idea to use neutrons.

• …As projectiles• Enrico continued

his research at Columbia University.

Sources

• http://history1900s.about.com/cs/people/p/fermi.htm

• http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100203095225AANnHyB

• http://www.er.doe.gov/fermi/

• http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1938/fermi-bio.html