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September 29, 1901
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November 28, 1954
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00000001213417770
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OL656942A0
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566700560
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Demonstrating first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction Fermion Fermi gas Fermi–Dirac statistics Fermi's golden rule Fermi paradox Fermi method Thomas–Fermi model Thomas–Fermi screening Fermi theory of beta decay Chandrasekhar–Fermi method
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Enrico Fermi (1901 Rome, Italy - November 28, 1954, Chicago, USA) - Italian and American physicist, best known for creating the world's first nuclear reactor, who made a great contribution to the development of nuclear physics, elementary physics particles, quantum and statistical mechanics. Considered one of the "fathers of the atomic bomb". During his life, he received several patents related to the use of atomic energy.
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