{"product_id":"9780226109954","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\u003e Born 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\u003e Edited 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\u003e Contributors:\u003cbr\u003e Harold Agnew\u003cbr\u003e Nina Byers\u003cbr\u003e Owen Chamberlain\u003cbr\u003e Geoffrey F. Chew\u003cbr\u003e James W. Cronin\u003cbr\u003e George W. Farwell\u003cbr\u003e Jerome I. Friedman\u003cbr\u003e Richard L. Garwin\u003cbr\u003e Murray Gell-Mann\u003cbr\u003e Maurice Glicksman\u003cbr\u003e Marvin L. Goldberger\u003cbr\u003e Uri Haber-Schaim\u003cbr\u003e Roger Hildebrand\u003cbr\u003e Tsung Dao Lee\u003cbr\u003e Darragh Nagle\u003cbr\u003e Jay Orear\u003cbr\u003e Marshall N. Rosenbluth\u003cbr\u003e Arthur Rosenfeld\u003cbr\u003e Robert Schluter\u003cbr\u003e Jack Steinberger\u003cbr\u003e Valentine Telegdi\u003cbr\u003e Al Wattenberg\u003cbr\u003e Frank Wilczek\u003cbr\u003e Lincoln Wolfenstein\u003cbr\u003e Courtenay Wright\u003cbr\u003e Chen Ning Yang\u003cbr\u003e Gaurang Yodh","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47084125126896,"sku":"9780226109954","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780226109954_p0.jpg?v=1763673583","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780226109954","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}