Fermi Remembered Book

Preface Chapter 1 Biographical Introduction Editor's comment Emilio Segrè Biographical Introduction Chapter 2 - Fermi and the Elucidation of Matter Editor's comment Frank Wilczek Fermi and the Elucidation of Matter Chapter 3 Letters and a Speech Relating to the Development of Nuclear Energy Editor's introductory comments To Harry M. Durning, January 16, 1939
From George B. Pegram to S. C. Hooper, March 18, 1939
From Leo Szilard, July 3, 1939
From Leo Szilard, July 5, 1939
From Leo Szilard, July 8, 1939
To Leo Szilard, July 9, 1939
From Leo Szilard, July 11, 1939
From Vannevar Bush, August 15, 1941
From Harry S. Truman, August 11, 1950
Outline for the speech "The Genesis of the Nuclear Energy Project," January 30, 1954
Text of the speech "The Genesis of the Nuclear Energy Project," November 1955
Chapter 4 Correspondence between Fermi and Colleagues: Scientific, Political, Humorous Editor's comments on letters To James F. Byrnes, October 16, 1945
From C. N. Yang, January 5, 1950
To C. N. Yang, January 12, 1950
From Erwin Schrödinger, February 10, 1951
To Erwin Schrödinger, Februay 27, 1951
From Fred Reines and Clyde Cowan, October 4, 1952
To Fred Reines, October 8, 1952
To Dean G. Acheson, May 22, 1952
From Linus Pauling, June 16, 1952
From George Gamow, March 13, 1953
To George Gamow, March 24, 1953
From Samuel Goudsmit, March 11, 1953
To Samuel Goudsmit, March 24, 1953
From George Kistiakowsky, September 29, 1953
To George Kistiakowsky, September 30, 1953
From Arthur Compton, December 2, 1953
To Arthur Compton, December 14, 1953
From Owen Chamberlain, February 2, 1954
Chapter 5 Research and Teaching: Selections from the Archives International House application, June 10, 1940
To Walter Bartky, December 3, 1945
Participants at the inauguration of the research institutes at the University of Chicago, August 1945
Staff of the Institute for Nuclear Studies members, 1950
Genesis of theory of cosmic ray acceleration, 1948-1949
To Hannes Alfvén, December 24, 1948
Abstract for Fermi's paper on cosmic radiation, April 15, 1949
Comments by Herbert Anderson and Edward Teller on Fermi's paper on cosmic rays Summary page from data book on meson-nucleon scattering, February 1952
Program for calculation of cyclotron orbits on the Maniac computer, 1951
Equations for a charged particle in a cylindrically symmetric magnetic field The instruction set for the Maniac computer Fermi's flowchart for a program to calculate the orbits emanating from a target Notes for setting up the calculation of the orbits Program for calculating initial direction cosines Quantum mechanics exam, spring quarter 1954
Outline for the speech "The Future of Nuclear Physics," Rochester, January 10, 1952
Chapter 6 Reminiscences of Fermi's Faculty and Research Colleagues, 1945-1954
Richard Garwin Working with Fermi at Chicago and Postwar Los Alamos Murray Gell-Mann No Shortage of Memories Marvin Goldberger Enrico Fermi (1901-1954): The Complete Physicist Roger Hildebrand Fermi's Classrooms Darragh Nagle With Fermi at Columbia, Chicago, and Los Alamos Valentine Telegdi Reminiscences of Enrico Fermi Albert Wattenberg Fermi as My Chauffeur (Fermi at Argonne National Laboratory and Chicago, 1946-1948)
Courtenay Wright Fermi in Action Chapter 7 Reminiscences of Fermi's Students, 1945-1954
Harold Agnew A Snapshot of My Interaction with Fermi Owen Chamberlain A Brief Reminiscence of Enrico Fermi Geoffrey Chew Personal Recollections from 1944-1948
George Farwell Reminiscences of Fermi Uri Haber-Schaim Fermi in Varenna, Summer 1954
T. D. Lee Reminiscences of Chicago Days Jay Orear My First Meetings with Fermi Arthur Rosenfeld Reminiscences of Fermi Robert Schluter Some Reminiscences of Enrico Fermi Jack Steinberger Fermi and My Graduate Years at Chicago: Happy Reminiscences Chapter 8 Reminiscences of Students of the Fermi Period, 1945-1954
Nina Byers Fermi and Szilard Jerome Friedman A Student's View of Fermi Maurice Glicksman Enrico Fermi: Teacher, Colleague, Mentor Marshall Rosenbluth A Young Man Encounters Enrico Fermi Lincoln Wolfenstein Fermi Interactions C. N. Yang Reminiscences of Enrico Fermi Gaurang Yodh This Account Is Not According to the Mahabharata!
Chapter 9 What Can We Learn with High Energy Accelerators?
James W. Cronin Fermi's Look into His Crystal Ball Further Reading List of Contributors Index