{"product_id":"fermi-remembered-9780226121116","title":"Fermi Remembered","description":"\u003cp\u003eNobel laureate and scientific luminary Enrico Fermi (1901-54) was a pioneering nuclear physicist whose contributions to the field were numerous  profound  and lasting. Best known for his involvement with the Manhattan Project and his work at Los Alamos that led to the first self-sustained nuclear reaction and ultimately to the production of electric power and plutonium for atomic weapons  Fermis legacy continues to color the character of the sciences at the University of Chicago. During his tenure as professor of physics at the Institute for Nuclear Studies  Fermi attracted an extraordinary scientific faculty and many talented studentsten Nobel Prizes were awarded to faculty or students under his tutelage.  Born out of a symposium held to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of Fermis birth  Fermi Remembered combines essays and newly commissioned reminiscences with private material from Fermis research notebooks  correspondence  speech outlines  and teaching to document the profound and enduring significance of Fermis life and labors. The volume also features extensives archival materialincluding correspondence between Fermi and biophysicist Leo Szilard and a letter from Harry Trumanwith new introductions that provide context for both the history of physics and the academic tradition at the University of Chicago.  Edited by James W. Cronin  a University of Chicago physicist and Nobel laureate himself  Fermi Remembered is a tender tribute to one of the greatest scientists of the twentieth century.  Contributors: Harold Agnew Nina Byers Owen Chamberlain Geoffrey F. Chew James W. Cronin George W. Farwell Jerome I. Friedman Richard L. Garwin Murray Gell-Mann Maurice Glicksman Marvin L. Goldberger Uri Haber-Schaim Roger Hildebrand Tsung Dao Lee Darragh Nagle Jay Orear Marshall N. Rosenbluth Arthur Rosenfeld Robert Schluter Jack Steinberger Valentine Telegdi Al Wattenberg Frank Wilczek Lincoln Wolfenstein Courtenay Wright Chen Ning Yang Gaurang Yodh\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651620855861,"sku":"ByrdShop_0226121119","price":67.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780226121116.jpg?v=1781836526","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/fermi-remembered-9780226121116","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}