Enrico Fermi

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Italian-American experimental physicist human physicist theoretical physicist

Enrico Fermi was an Italian-American physicist renowned for his work on nuclear physics and the development of the first nuclear reactor, which earned him a central role in the advent of the atomic age.

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Label	Occurrences
Enrico Fermi canonical	115
Enrico Fermi: Physicist	2
Nella Fermi	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Italian-American ⓘ experimental physicist ⓘ human ⓘ physicist ⓘ theoretical physicist ⓘ
academicAdvisor	Max Born ⓘ
awardReceived	Hughes Medal ⓘ Matteucci Medal ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ
causeOfDeath	stomach cancer ⓘ
child	Giulio Fermi ⓘ Enrico Fermi self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Nella Fermi
citizenship	Kingdom of Italy ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
countryOfBirth	Italy ⓘ
countryOfDeath	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1901-09-29 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1954-11-28 ⓘ
dateOfFirstControlledChainReaction	1942-12-02 ⓘ
educatedAt	Sapienza University of Rome ⓘ
employer	Columbia University ⓘ Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ University of Chicago ⓘ Sapienza University of Rome ⓘ surface form: University of Rome La Sapienza
familyName	Fermi ⓘ
fieldOfWork	nuclear physics ⓘ particle physics ⓘ quantum mechanics ⓘ solid-state physics ⓘ statistical mechanics ⓘ
givenName	Enrico ⓘ
hasEponym	Enrico Fermi Award ⓘ Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station ⓘ Fermi (unit) ⓘ Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope ⓘ Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory ⓘ Fermi constant ⓘ Fermion ⓘ Fermium ⓘ
knownFor	Fermi energy ⓘ Fermi energy ⓘ surface form: Fermi level Fermi paradox ⓘ Fermi surface ⓘ Fermi theory of beta decay ⓘ Fermi–Dirac statistics ⓘ development of the first nuclear reactor ⓘ neutron-induced radioactivity ⓘ work on nuclear chain reactions ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ Italian ⓘ
memberOf	Manhattan Project ⓘ National Academy of Sciences ⓘ Royal Academy of Italy ⓘ
movement	nuclear age ⓘ
NobelPrizeInPhysicsFor	demonstrations of the existence of new radioactive elements produced by neutron irradiation and for his related discovery of nuclear reactions brought about by slow neutrons ⓘ
NobelPrizeInPhysicsYear	1938 ⓘ
notableStudent	Bruno Pontecorvo ⓘ Chien-Shiung Wu ⓘ Edoardo Amaldi ⓘ Emilio Segrè ⓘ Hans Bethe ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Rome ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ surface form: Chicago
religion	atheism ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
significantProject	Chicago Pile-1 ⓘ
spouse	Laura Fermi ⓘ
workLocation	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ surface form: Chicago New York City ⓘ Rome ⓘ

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