People from Leonia, New Jersey - Enrico Fermi, Robert Ludlum, Pat Boone, Phil Jackson, Alan Alda, Anthony Bourdain, Marvin Harris (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: Enrico Fermi, Robert Ludlum, Pat Boone, Phil Jackson, Alan Alda, Anthony Bourdain, Marvin Harris, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Buddy Hackett, Robin Cook, Harold Urey, Al B. Sure , Robert F. Murphy, Willard Libby, Christiane Noll, John C. McCloy, Harvey Dunn, Freddie Bartholomew, Emme, Gregg Edelman, Carmel Quinn, Dick Kryhoski, Frank C. Osmers, Jr., Dan Colen, Bob McFadden, James Noble, Bob Klapisch, Ivory Sully, Philip Maneval, J. Vreeland Moore. Excerpt: Enrico Fermi (29 September 1901 - 28 November 1954) was an Italian physicist particularly known for his work on the development of the first nuclear reactor, Chicago Pile-1, and for his contributions to the development of quantum theory, nuclear and particle physics, and statistical mechanics. He was awarded the 1938 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on induced radioactivity. Fermi is widely regarded as one of the leading scientists of the 20th century, highly accomplished in both theory and experiment. Along with J. Robert Oppenheimer, he is frequently referred to as "the father of the atomic bomb." He also held several patents related to the use of nuclear power. Several awards, concepts, and institutions are named after Fermi, such as the Enrico Fermi Award, the Enrico Fermi Institute, the Fermi National Accelerator Lab, the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, the Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station, a type of particles called fermions, the synthetic element Fermium, and many more. Enrico Fermi was born in Rome, Italy, to Alberto Fermi, a Chief Inspector of the Ministry of Communications, and Ida de Gattis, an elementary school teacher who built her own pressure cooker. As a young boy, he shared his interests with his older brother, Giulio. They dismantled small engines and other parts. When Giulio died unexpectedly of a throat abscess in 1915, Enrico was distraugh...