1. Enrico Fermi By: Consuela Pendleton

2. Enrico Fermi, born in Rome, September 29, 1901. Awarded a Scholarship from Italian Government.

3. 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.

4. 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

5. 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.

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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.

9. …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.

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