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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Categories: history, person, scienceTags: nuclear energy, physics, technology, atomic bomb, Manhattan Project
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