Enrico Fermi: Scientist

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Enrico Fermi was a nuclear physicist and engineer.  He build the reactor that contained the first controlled chain nuclear reaction.

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Use this story to talk about science and the history of science.  You can discuss energy like electricity and talk about where it comes from.  This is also a good story to initiate conversation about the atomic age and many of the hopes and fears of atomic power in the 1950's.

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Enrico Fermi: Nuclear Physicist and Engineer
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Enrico Fermi Story
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