Stux, Erica.

Enrico Fermi : trailblazer in nuclear physics / Erica Stux. - Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Publishers, c2004. - 128 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Nobel Prize-winning scientists .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 125) and index.

What's inside an atom? -- Early years -- Preparing for a career -- Bringing modern physics to Italy -- Experiments on atomic nuclei -- Momentous changes -- The war effort -- Chicago and Los Alamos -- After the war -- Fermi's legacy.

ISBN: 0766021777 (lib. bdg.)

LCCN: 2003001283

Subjects--Personal Names:
Fermi, Enrico, 1901-1954.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Nuclear physicists--Italy--Biography.
Nuclear physicists.
Scientists.
Nobel Prizes--Biography.

LC Class. No.: QC774.F4 / S78 2004

Dewey Class. No.: 530/.092