'''Enrico Fermi''' (1901-1954) was perhaps the greatest physicist of the 20th century. He was a professor in [[Italy]] until the late 1930s, when he fled to America in order to escape [[Benito Mussolini|Mussolini]]. Fermi was unique in being extraordinary in both experimental and theoretical physics. He was a devout Catholic. | '''Enrico Fermi''' (1901-1954) was perhaps the greatest physicist of the 20th century. He was a professor in [[Italy]] until the late 1930s, when he fled to America in order to escape [[Benito Mussolini|Mussolini]]. Fermi was unique in being extraordinary in both experimental and theoretical physics. He was a devout Catholic. |