The Pope of Physics by Gino Segrè6/12/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Fleeing Fascism and anti-Semitism, Fermi became a leading figure in America's most secret project: building the atomic bomb. The Pope of physics Enrico Fermi and the birth of the atomic age First edition. This unassuming man struggled with issues relevant today, such as the threat of nuclear annihilation and the relationship of science to politics. The Pope of physics by Gino Segrè, 2016 edition, in English - First edition. His discoveries changed our world they led to weapons of mass destruction and conversely to life-saving medical interventions. He has been a visiting professor at M.I.T. Called the Pope by his peers, he was regarded as infallible in his instincts and research. Gino Segr is a professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Pennsylvania. ![]() An examination of the human dramas that touched Fermi’s life as well as a. Other than a mark on the lower text block, this is an unmarked copy-" A New York Times Book Review Editors Choice Named a Best Book of the Year by Bloomberg (Chosen by Philip Tetlock), Booklist's Top 10 Science Books of the Year, and Shortlisted for Physics World's Book of the Year A Major Biography of the Nobel Prize Winning Physicist, Enrico Fermi, a Leading Architect of the Atomic Age Enrico Fermi is unquestionably among the greats of the world's physicists, the most famous Italian scientist since Galileo. In their revealing book, The Pope of Physics, Gino Segr and Bettina Hoerlin bring this scientific visionary to life. ![]()
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