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The Last Man Who Knew Everything: The Life and Times of Enrico Fermi, Father of the Nuclear Age
by David N. Schwartz
Basic Books | December 2017 | ISBN-10: 0465072925 | PDF | 480 Pages | 15.2 mb
https://www.amazon.com/Last-Man-Who-Knew-Everything/dp/0465072925
The definitive biography of the brilliant, charismatic, and very human physicist and innovator Enrico Fermi
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?Cat least about physics. But he was also a complex figure who was a part of both the Italian Fascist Party and the Manhattan Project, and a less-than-ideal father and husband who nevertheless remained one of history's greatest mentors. Based on new archival material and exclusive interviews, The Last Man Who Knew Everything lays bare the enigmatic life of a colossus of twentieth century physics.
About the Author
David N. Schwartz holds a PhD in political science from MIT and is the author of two previous books. He has worked at the State Department Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, and at Goldman Sachs in a variety of roles in both London and New York. He lives in New York with his wife, Susan. His father, Melvin Schwartz, shared the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1988.
CONTENTS
1. Cover
2. Title Page
3. Copyright
4. Dedication
5. Preface
6. Introduction
7. PART ONE: BECOMING FERMI
8. CHAPTER ONE Prodigy
9. CHAPTER TWO Pisa
10. CHAPTER THREE Germany and Holland
11. CHAPTER FOUR Quantum Breakthroughs
12. CHAPTER FIVE Of Geckos and Men
13. PART TWO: THE ROME YEARS
14. CHAPTER SIX Family Life
15. CHAPTER SEVEN The Rome School
16. CHAPTER EIGHT Beta Rays
17. CHAPTER NINE Goldfish
18. CHAPTER TEN Physics as Soma
19. CHAPTER ELEVEN The Nobel Prize
20. PART THREE: THE MANHATTAN PROJECT
21. CHAPTER TWELVE The New World
22. CHAPTER THIRTEEN Splitting the Atom
23. CHAPTER FOURTEEN Fermi Meets the Navy
24. CHAPTER FIFTEEN Piles of Graphite
25. CHAPTER SIXTEEN The Move to Chicago
26. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN “We’re Cookin’!â€
27. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Xenon-135
28. CHAPTER NINETEEN On a Mesa
29. CHAPTER TWENTY An Unholy Trinity
30. PART FOUR: THE CHICAGO YEARS
31. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE Return to Chicago
32. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO In the Public Eye
33. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE A Patent Fight
34. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR Brilliant Teacher, Beloved Mentor
35. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE Travels Abroad
36. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX Home to Die
37. CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN Fermi’s Legacy
38. Acknowledgments
39. About the Author
40. Also By David N. Schwartz
41. Praise for The Last Man Who Knew Everything
42. Credits
43. Bibliography
44. Notes
45. Index
The Last Man Who Knew Everything: The Life and Times of Enrico Fermi, Father of the Nuclear Age
by David N. Schwartz
Basic Books | December 2017 | ISBN-10: 0465072925 | PDF | 480 Pages | 15.2 mb
https://www.amazon.com/Last-Man-Who-Knew-Everything/dp/0465072925
The definitive biography of the brilliant, charismatic, and very human physicist and innovator Enrico Fermi
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?Cat least about physics. But he was also a complex figure who was a part of both the Italian Fascist Party and the Manhattan Project, and a less-than-ideal father and husband who nevertheless remained one of history's greatest mentors. Based on new archival material and exclusive interviews, The Last Man Who Knew Everything lays bare the enigmatic life of a colossus of twentieth century physics.
About the Author
David N. Schwartz holds a PhD in political science from MIT and is the author of two previous books. He has worked at the State Department Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, and at Goldman Sachs in a variety of roles in both London and New York. He lives in New York with his wife, Susan. His father, Melvin Schwartz, shared the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1988.
CONTENTS
1. Cover
2. Title Page
3. Copyright
4. Dedication
5. Preface
6. Introduction
7. PART ONE: BECOMING FERMI
8. CHAPTER ONE Prodigy
9. CHAPTER TWO Pisa
10. CHAPTER THREE Germany and Holland
11. CHAPTER FOUR Quantum Breakthroughs
12. CHAPTER FIVE Of Geckos and Men
13. PART TWO: THE ROME YEARS
14. CHAPTER SIX Family Life
15. CHAPTER SEVEN The Rome School
16. CHAPTER EIGHT Beta Rays
17. CHAPTER NINE Goldfish
18. CHAPTER TEN Physics as Soma
19. CHAPTER ELEVEN The Nobel Prize
20. PART THREE: THE MANHATTAN PROJECT
21. CHAPTER TWELVE The New World
22. CHAPTER THIRTEEN Splitting the Atom
23. CHAPTER FOURTEEN Fermi Meets the Navy
24. CHAPTER FIFTEEN Piles of Graphite
25. CHAPTER SIXTEEN The Move to Chicago
26. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN “We’re Cookin’!â€
27. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Xenon-135
28. CHAPTER NINETEEN On a Mesa
29. CHAPTER TWENTY An Unholy Trinity
30. PART FOUR: THE CHICAGO YEARS
31. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE Return to Chicago
32. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO In the Public Eye
33. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE A Patent Fight
34. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR Brilliant Teacher, Beloved Mentor
35. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE Travels Abroad
36. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX Home to Die
37. CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN Fermi’s Legacy
38. Acknowledgments
39. About the Author
40. Also By David N. Schwartz
41. Praise for The Last Man Who Knew Everything
42. Credits
43. Bibliography
44. Notes
45. Index