Enrico Fermi

Enrico Fernando Fermi
Enrico Fermi in 1940s
Born	(1901-09-29)September 29, 1901 Rome, Italy
Died	November 28, 1954(1954-11-28) (aged 53) Chicago, Illinois, USA
Nationality	Italian-American
Occupation	physicist
Known for	Nobel Prize in Physics, 1938

Enrico Fernando Fermi (September 29, 1901 — November 28, 1954) was an Italian-American physicist who worked on the first nuclear reactor and helped make quantum theory. He also was important to particle physics, and statistical mechanics. Fermi won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1938 for his work on induced radioactivity. He built the world's first nuclear reactor. Fermi also worked on the Manhattan Project.[1] Fermi was one of the greatest scientists of the 20th century.^[1]

1. ↑ "Enrico Fermis and the First Slef-Sustaining Nuclear Reaction". R & D Accomplishments. U.S. Department of Energy. Retrieved 2010-02-21.