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Enrico Fermi: His Work and Legacy

By Carlo Bernardini , Giorgio Salvini (auth.) , Luisa Bonolis (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2004
ISBN
978-3-642-06053-3, 978-3-662-01160-7
DOI
10.1007/978-3-662-01160-7
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10716511 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
412\421
Time added
2014-01-18 08:00:00
Particle and Nuclear Physics; Mechanics; Thermodyn

Description

Enrico Fermi’s scientific work, noted for its originality and breadth, has had lasting consequences throughout modern science. Written by close colleagues as well as scientists whose fields were profoundly influenced by Fermi, the papers collected here constitute a tribute to him and his scientific legacy. They were commissioned on the occasion of his 100th birthday by the Italian Physical Society and confirm that Fermi was a rare combination of theorist, experimentalist, teacher, and inspiring colleague. The book is organized into three parts: three biographical overviews by close colleagues, replete with personal insights; fourteen analyses of Fermi’s impact by specialists in their fields, spanning physics, chemistry, mathematics, and engineering; and a year-by-year chronology of Fermi’s scientific endeavors. Written for a general scientific audience, "Enrico Fermi: His Work and Legacy" offers a highly readable source on the life of one of the 20th century's most distinguished scientists and a must for everybody interested in the history of modern science.

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