- Home
- Knowledge Base
- World
- Nobel Prize Winners
- Enrico Fermi
Enrico Fermi
Full Name of the recipient | Enrico Fermi |
---|---|
Award | Nobel Prize in Physics |
Year of Award | 1938 |
Share in Award | 100.0% |
Award Shared with | |
Motivation for the Award | for his demonstrations of the existence of new radioactive elements produced by neutron irradiation, and for his related discovery of nuclear reactions brought about by slow neutrons |
Affiliation at the Time of Award | Rome University, Rome, Italy |
Place of Birth | Rome, Italy ITA |
Date of Birth | 29 September 1901 |
Age at the time of Award | 36 years |
Place of Death | Chicago, IL, United States USA |
Date of Death | 28 November 1954 |