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A Short Biography of Enrico Fermi

Author Name:

Enrico Fermi

Born As:

Other Names:

Enrico Fermi

Born:

1901

Died:

1954




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Physicist                          
Known for new radioactive elements produced by neutron irradiation
Controlled nuclear chain reaction
Fermi–Dirac statistics
Theory of Beta Decay.                          
                          
Awards:

Matteucci Medal - 1926
Nobel Prize for Physics - 1938
Hughes Medal - 1942
Franklin Medal - 1947
Rumford Prize - 1953