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Enrico Fermi

physicist, theoretical physicist, nuclear physicist, university teacher, inventor

1901  – 1954

Enrico Fermi was an Italian and naturalized American physicist, renowned for being the creator of the world's first artificial nuclear reactor, the Chicago Pile-1, and a member of the Manhattan Project. He has been called the "architect of the nuclear age" and the "architect of the atomic bomb". He was one of very few physicists to excel in both theoretical and experimental physics. Fermi was awarded the 1938 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on induced radioactivity by neutron bombardment and for the discovery of transuranium elements. With his colleagues, Fermi filed several patents related to the use of nuclear power, all of which were taken over by the US government. He made significant contributions to the development of statistical mechanics, quantum theory, and nuclear and particle physics.

All Quotes by Enrico Fermi

“It is no good to try to stop knowledge from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge.”
— Enrico Fermi
“Although the problem of transmuting chemical elements into each other is much older than a satisfactory definition of the very concept of chemical element, it is well known that the first and most important step towards its solution was made only nineteen years ago by the late Lord Rutherford, who started the method of the nuclear bombardments.”
— Enrico Fermi
“Where are they?”
— Enrico Fermi
“I cannot think of a single one, not even intelligence.”
— Enrico Fermi
“I hope it won't take long.”
— Enrico Fermi
“If I could remember the names of all these particles, I'd be a botanist.”
— Enrico Fermi
“There are two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery.”
— Enrico Fermi
“Ignorance is never better than knowledge.”
— Enrico Fermi