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Death of Enrico Fermi

United States of America · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1954

Enrico Fermi28 November 1954

Chicago · Science / Physics

Enrico Fermi dies in Chicago on 28 November 1954 after a career that transformed quantum statistics, nuclear physics and reactor science.

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Enrico Fermi

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