{"product_id":"fermi-remembered-1","title":"Fermi Remembered","description":"Nobel 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, Fermi's 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 students—ten Nobel Prizes were awarded to faculty or students under his tutelage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn out of a symposium held to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of Fermi's birth, \u003ci\u003eFermi Remembered\u003c\/i\u003e combines essays and newly commissioned reminiscences with private material from Fermi's research notebooks, correspondence, speech outlines, and teaching to document the profound and enduring significance of Fermi's life and labors. The volume also features extensives archival material—including correspondence between Fermi and biophysicist Leo Szilard and a letter from Harry Truman—with new introductions that provide context for both the history of physics and the academic tradition at the University of Chicago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdited by James W. Cronin, a University of Chicago physicist and Nobel laureate himself, \u003ci\u003eFermi Remembered\u003c\/i\u003e is a tender tribute to one of the greatest scientists of the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContributors:\u003cbr\u003eHarold Agnew\u003cbr\u003eNina Byers\u003cbr\u003eOwen Chamberlain\u003cbr\u003eGeoffrey F. Chew\u003cbr\u003eJames W. Cronin\u003cbr\u003eGeorge W. Farwell\u003cbr\u003eJerome I. Friedman\u003cbr\u003eRichard L. Garwin\u003cbr\u003eMurray Gell-Mann\u003cbr\u003eMaurice Glicksman\u003cbr\u003eMarvin L. Goldberger\u003cbr\u003eUri Haber-Schaim\u003cbr\u003eRoger Hildebrand\u003cbr\u003eTsung Dao Lee\u003cbr\u003eDarragh Nagle\u003cbr\u003eJay Orear\u003cbr\u003eMarshall N. Rosenbluth\u003cbr\u003eArthur Rosenfeld\u003cbr\u003eRobert Schluter\u003cbr\u003eJack Steinberger\u003cbr\u003eValentine Telegdi\u003cbr\u003eAl Wattenberg\u003cbr\u003eFrank Wilczek\u003cbr\u003eLincoln Wolfenstein\u003cbr\u003eCourtenay Wright\u003cbr\u003eChen Ning Yang\u003cbr\u003eGaurang Yodh","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54220985532760,"sku":"9780226121116","price":92.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780226121116.jpg?v=1745386250","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/fermi-remembered-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}