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Fermi

A unit of length equivalent to one-one quadrillionth of one meter.
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Part of the "Oxford Portraits in Science" biography series, Enrico Fermi and the Revolutions of Modern Physics relates the life story of Noble Prize- winning physicist, Enrico Fermi.
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The Capone ads will be replaced by billboards featuring someone with a more positive image for Italian-Americans, Enrico Fermi, the University of Chicago nuclear physicist, Smith said.
Al Capone makes poor spokesman, Heileman concedes
Taking the lead in working out that problem, in 1926, was an Italian physicist, Enrico Fermi (1901-1954).
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Since its founding in 1343, notable scientists like Galileo Galilei and Nobel prizewinners Enrico Fermi and Carlo Rubbia have been linked to the University of Pisa.
University of Pisa Purchases 500 Licenses of SolidWorks Education Edition Software
The group included Niels Bohr, Paul Dirac, Enrico Fermi, and J.
Dr. Feynman's doodles: how one scientist's simple sketches transformed physics
Filled with anecdotal information, as well as full-page, captioned, black-and-white photography, the newest additions to this very highly recommended science biography series include Linus Pauling And The Chemical Bond; Willem Einthoven; Edwin Hubble And The Expanding Universe; Henry Ford And The Assembly Line; Enrico Fermi And The Nuclear Reactor; Otto Hahn And The Story Of Nuclear Fission; Charles Richter And The Story Of The Richter Scale; Philo T.
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Congratulations to Encino resident Michael Pehlps on receiving the Enrico Fermi Award for his invention of the positron emission tomography scan.
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Without a stitch of official documentation, Sudoplatov boldly states that Oppenheimer, who built the American A-bomb, and his colleagues Enrico Fermi and Leo Szilard knowingly allowed nuclear secrets to pass from their highly sensitive U.
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They were eventually named, respectively, einsteinium and fermium in honor of Albert Einstein and Enrico Fermi, who had died in the months preceding laboratory study of the elements.
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Watson and Francis Crick Have In Common with Enrico Fermi," will focus on reducing costs and increasing shareholder value by identifying programs that are not likely to lead to valuable drugs.
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He taught nine Nobel prize winners, including Werner Heisenberg, Enrico Fermi, Otto Stern, Wolfgang Pauli, Paul Dirac, and Maria Goeppert-Mayer.
The End of the Certain World: The Life and Science of Max Born
Phelps' PET scan was recently awarded the prestigious Enrico Fermi Award from President Clinton.
ENCINO SCIENTIST'S PET SCAN WINS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD
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