Laura Fermi
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Laura Capon Fermi (1907–1977) was an Italian-born writer and political activist, and the wife of Nobel Prize physicist Enrico Fermi.
Born Laura Capon in Rome, Italy, in 1907, she married Enrico Fermi in 1928. They had two children: a daughter, Nella, in 1931 and a son, Giulio (named after Enrico's older brother, who had died tragically in 1915), in 1936.
In 1938, the Fermis immigrated to the United States to escape the anti-Semitic politics of the Fascist government of Benito Mussolini (Laura was Jewish, though Enrico was not). They were nationalized as Americans in 1944. After Enrico died of cancer in 1954, Laura became a writer and a peace activist. She published a book about her life with Enrico, Atoms in the Family, the same year he died. She herself died in 1977.
Works authored
- Atoms in the Family: My Life with Enrico Fermi (University of Chicago Press, 1954) ISBN 0883185245
- "Atoms for the World: United States participation in the Conference on the Peaceful uses of Atomic Energy"(University of Chicago Press, 1957) ISBN 0883185245
- "Mussolini" (University of Chicago Press, 1961)
- "The Story of Atomic Energy" (Random House, 1961)
- "Galileo and the Scientific Revolution" (with Gilberto Bernardini) (Basic Books, 1961) ISBN 0486432262
- "Illustrious Immigrants: The Intellectual Migration from Europe 1930-41'' (University of Chicago Press, 1968) ISBN 0226243788
References
- Joseph D. Zund. "Fermi, Enrico"; http://www.anb.org.ezp1.harvard.edu/articles/13/13-00525.html; American National Biography Online Feb. 2000, Access Date: Mon Oct 10 2005
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