Enrico Fermi and the nuclear reactor
By: John Bankston
Series: Unlocking the secrets of science
Publisher: Mitchell Lane Publishers
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Bear, Del
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9781584151845
Subjects: Nuclear physicists; Physicists; Scientists; Nobel Prizes; Nuclear reactors; Juvenile literature; Biography
Description: Examines the life of the Nobel Prize-winning Italian physicist who, among other achievements, developed the world's first nuclear reactor as part of the effort to create the first nuclear bomb.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A new world; title: So this is growing up; title: A normal school; title: Love and atoms; title: The atomic war; title: Reactor!; title: Enrico Fermi chronology; title: Timeline of discovery.