The Pope of Physics

By Gino Segrè, Bettina Hoerlin,

Book cover of The Pope of Physics: Enrico Fermi and the Birth of the Atomic Age

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A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice

Named a Best Book of the Year by Bloomberg (Chosen by Philip Tetlock), Booklist’s Top 10 Science Books of the Year, and Shortlisted for Physics World’s Book of the Year

A Major Biography of the Nobel Prize–Winning Physicist, Enrico Fermi, a Leading…

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1 author picked The Pope of Physics as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Working on the H bomb occupied only a small part of Fermi's long, productive career (and, accordingly, only a small part of this biography), but for a couple of years, it was an important part of his life, and he was an important contributor to its success.

I worked with Fermi on the H bomb.

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