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Enrico Fermi
1901–1954Rome, ItalyFirst-generation immigrantHistoric
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Why Included
Nobel laureate and central architect of the nuclear age in the United States, including the first artificial nuclear chain reaction.
Notable For
- Nobel Prize in Physics 1938
- First controlled nuclear chain reaction (Chicago Pile-1, 1942)
- Manhattan Project
Honors & Recognition
- Nobel Prize in Physics 1938
- Enrico Fermi Award established in his honor
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Quick Facts
- Field
- Science & Technology
- Years
- 1901–1954
- Birth Place
- Rome, Italy
- Origin
- First-generation immigrant
- Ancestry Verification
- Confirmed
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