Born in Rome, Italy in 1901 Fermi was a hard worker until he died in 1954. He first became interested in science after the death of his older brother Giulio. At the age of 16 Fermi left for college at the University of Pisa a school known at the time for it's sciences. He was so brilliant even then that his admission essay was considered worthy of a doctoral examination. He formed his first theory that would forever change the world of physics when he was still an undergrad. Used to being the center of attention the only minor setback in is career was in 1923 during a post-doctoral study under the German scientist Max Born. His talent was buried under the talents of many other future Nobel Laureates and went unnoticed.

In 1926, at the age of 25, Fermi became a professor at Rome University and picked out a team of the most talented students avail

Fermi died of stomach cancer in 1954 in Chicago. Before he died he had argued against the development of a hydrogen bomb because he felt that it had no practical use other than genocide. Enrico Fermi's discoveries and theories helped shape nuclear physics and had many lasting benefits on our world.

Having a Jewish wife Fermi committed himself to stopping the Nazis and their ideals, so when his colleague at Columbia, Leo Szilard approached him about helping the military form a bomb using atomic fission Fermi agreed. Thus Fermi joined the Manhattan Project. The main goal of Fermi and Szilard's experiments were to prove that they could sustain a nuclear chain reaction. After much debate and research they decided on building a uranium-graphite reactor.

In 1938 Fermi received the Nobel Prize for his previously mentioned discovery of slow neutrons and his theory on Beta emissions. He received the Prize a day after Mussolini issued his anti-semantic laws. Fermi and his Jewish wife, Laura, used his prize money to move to the United States. Fermi accepted a post as a professor at Columbia University.

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