Published 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

A tribute to Enrico Fermi

Creators

  • 1. Groningen Univ. (Netherlands)

Description

This article is a short biography of Enrico Fermi 'The Pope of physics'. His main contributions in theoretical physics have paved the way to quantum electrodynamics and the quantization of the fields. Fermi got also great achievements on beta decay process and on nuclear reactions brought about by slow neutrons. Fermi was awarded the Nobel prize of physics in 1938

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Europhysics News
Journal Volume
40
Journal Issue
no.6
Journal Page Range
p. 27-29
ISSN
0531-7479
CODEN
EUPNAS

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