Enrico Fermi. L'ultimo uomo che sapeva tutto

I could read about Fermi over and over and never get tired of it. The Pope of Physics by Gino Segre ended up being one of my favorite books of all time because it went into the physics a lot more, while at the same time simplifying a lot of the concepts. If you are less interested in the science, I

Here are my thoughts, from the Literary Review: In spite of its title, this is not another book about Thomas Young, the subject of Andrew Robinson’s The Last Man Who Knew Everything (2006). If anyone deserves that description, it is indeed Young, a linguist, classical scholar, translator of the Roset Leggi tutto

I learned a lot I didnt know about this amazing scientist, who died in his early 50s but influenced so mn\any, including my other physics hero Dick Feynman

One of Enrico Fermi’s colleagues once referred to the eminent nuclear physicist and Nobel Prize winner by using the words of the book’s title. Fermi grew up in Rome in the early 1900s and showed brilliance as a child prodigy. Just prior to the start of WWII, he escaped Italy’s Mussolini with his fam Leggi tutto

Enrico Fermi was an amazing man, not only in the depth and breadth of his knowledge of physics and his accomplishments, but also in his ability to convey that information as a teacher. Schwartz does an excellent job of giving us not only the details of Fermi's life, but of his science as well. It is Leggi tutto

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Actually after starting study in Italy I saw Italian edition of the book. I had not brought biographies as I read beside of studies, sci fi and some other favorite subjects. So It seemed a good idea to have it since it was more recent, based on previous books and documents, writers research and inte Leggi tutto