Among those recruited by Oppenheimer to join the team was Italian physicist Enrico Fermi. It has been claimed he was first to split the atom during experiments in Rome in 1934, when he broke a ...

Enrico Fermi (1901-1954) left Italy in 1938 to receive ... that is, to split the atom without creating a deadly explosion. Theoretically, it was possible. During fission, a fast-moving neutron ...

Is there some evidence suggesting that humans are the Galaxy’s only intelligent species? Enrico Fermi thought so – and he was a pretty smart guy. Could he be right? In 1950, the famous physicist made ...