At the University of Chicago, Fermi worked with a team to find a way to control the chain reaction. He did this by setting up the equipment -- atomic pile -- so that he could insert a neutron ...

Nicknamed “Chicago Pile-1,” the world’s first nuclear reactor kicked off ... chemists and engineers of the time—including Enrico Fermi, Leo Szilard and Eugene Wigner. Hundreds of people were recruited ...

Is there some evidence suggesting that humans are the Galaxy’s only intelligent species? Enrico Fermi thought so – and he was a pretty smart guy. Could he be right? In 1950, the famous physicist made ...

Fermi conducted the process using the first demonstration reactor, known as Chicago Pile 1. August — The United States, at the order of President Harry S. Truman, drops two atomic bombs on Japan.