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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Categories: history, person, scienceTags: nuclear energy, physics, technology, atomic bomb, Manhattan Project
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Maurice Hilleman was a scientist. He studied microbiology, single cell organisms that cause infectious diseases, like COVID. He also created vaccines to protect children. Use this story to talk about disease and ways that we protect ourselves from disease, including hand washing, wearing masks, social distancing and getting vaccinated.
