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Enrico Fermi

1901–1954 · Physics

Lifespan

1901–1954

Field

Physics

Known For

Chicago Pile-1, the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction, under a squash court on 2 December 1942.

Nationality

Italian-American

Nobel

Physics 1938

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