Fermi was awarded the 1938 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on induced radioactivity by neutron bombardment and for the discovery of transuranium elements. With his colleagues, …

Nov 24, 2025 · Enrico Fermi was an Italian-born American scientist who became one of the chief architects of the nuclear age. He developed Fermi-Dirac statistics for a large class of …

Dec 10, 2025 · Enrico Fermi was one of the most important physicists of the 20th century. He is often called the "father of the nuclear age" because he built the first nuclear reactor and …

On December 2, 1942, Enrico Fermi and his team of scientists harnessed the atom and opened the door to new scientific and technological realms. His achievement allowed the U.S. to …

In 1926, Fermi discovered the statistical laws, nowadays known as the «Fermi statistics», governing the particles subject to Pauli’s exclusion principle (now referred to as «fermions», in …

Oct 16, 2025 · Fermi was appointed Professor of Physics at the University of Rome in 1926, where he lectured until 1938. From 1926 to 1932, he joined other European physicists in …

Discover the pioneering role of Enrico Fermi and his colleagues in nuclear physics. Learn more about their revolutionary discoveries, such as the theory of beta decay and nuclear fission, and …

Fermi received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1938 for his discovery of these two phenomena, as he had opened up an entire new field of neutron physics. [1] After attending the ceremony, …

Fermi's idea had worked, and the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction -- the first controlled flow of energy from a source other than the Sun -- was achieved.

Mar 5, 2020 · A biography of Enrico Fermi, one of the greatest physicists of the 20th century. His important discoveries about the atom led to the nuclear bomb.