The Last Man Who Knew Everything: The Life and Times of Enrico Fermi, Father of the Nuclear Age

The definitive biography of the brilliant, charismatic, and very human physicist and innovator Enrico Fermi
In 1942, a team at the University of Chicago achieved what no one had before: a nuclear chain reaction. At the forefront of this breakthrough stood Enrico Fermi. Straddling the ages of classical physics and quantum mechanics, equally at ease with theory and experiment, Fermi truly was the last man who knew everything--at least about physics. But he was also a complex figure who was a part of both the Italian Fascist Party and the Manhattan Project, and a less-than-ideal father and husband who nevertheless remained one of history's greatest mentors. Based on new archival material and exclusive interviews, The Last Man Who Knew Everything lays bare the enigmatic life of a colossus of twentieth century physics.

• The Quantum Labyrinth: How Richard Feynman and John Wheeler Revolutionized Time and Reality
• Exact Thinking in Demented Times: The Vienna Circle and the Epic Quest for the Foundations of Science
• A Most Elegant Equation: Euler’s Formula and the Beauty of Mathematics
• The Pope of Physics: Enrico Fermi and the Birth of the Atomic Age
• Maker of Patterns: An Autobiography Through Letters
• The Pope of Physics: Enrico Fermi and the Birth of the Atomic Age
• Significant Figures: The Lives and Work of Great Mathematicians
• What Is Real?: The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics
• When Einstein Walked with Gödel: Excursions to the Edge of Thought
• Energy: A Human History