Fermi Remembered

Preface ix Chapter 1 Biographical Introduction Editor's comment 1(1) Emilio Segrè Biographical Introduction 1(33) Chapter 2 Fermi and the Elucidation of Matter 34(18) Editor's comment 34(1) Frank Wilczek Fermi and the Elucidation of Matter 34(18) Chapter 3 Letters and Documents Relating to the Development of Nuclear Energy 52(29) Editor's introductory comments 52(1) To Harry M. Durning, January 16, 1939 53(1) From George B. Pegram to S.C. Hooper, March 18, 1939 54 (3) From Leo Szilard, July 3, 1939 57 (3) From Leo Szilard, July 5, 1939 60 (2) From Leo Szilard, July 8, 1939 62 (2) To Leo Szilard, July 9, 1939 64 (2) From Leo Szilard, July 11, 1939 66 (2) From Vannevar Bush, August 19, 1941 68 (2) From Harry S. Truman, August 11, 1950 70 (1) Outline for the speech "The Genesis of the Nuclear Energy Project," January 30, 1954 71(1) Text of the speech "The Genesis of the Nuclear Energy Project," November 1955 72(9) Chapter 4 Correspondence between Fermi and Colleagues: Scientific, Political, Personal 81(26) Editor's comments on letters 81(1) To James F. Byrnes, October 16, 1945 82 (2) From C.N. Yang, January 5, 1950 84 (2) To C.N. Yang, January 12, 1950 86(1) From Erwin Schrödinger, February 10, 1951 87(3) To Erwin Schrddinger, Februay 27, 1951 90(1) From Fred Reines and Clyde Cowan, October 4, 1952 91(2) To Fred Reines, October 8, 1952 93(1) To Dean G. Acheson, May 22, 1952 94 (2) From Linus Pauling, June 16, 1952 96 (1) From George Gamow, March 13, 1953 97 (1) To George Gamow, March 24, 1953 98 (1) From Samuel Goudsmit, March 11, 1953 99 (1) To Samuel Goudsmit, March 24, 1953 100(1) From George Kistiakowsky, September 29, 1953 101(1) To George Kistiakowsky, September 30, 1953 102 (1) From Arthur Compton, December 2, 1953 103 (2) To Arthur Compton, December 14, 1953 105 (1) From Owen Chamberlain, February 2, 1954 106(1) Chapter 5 Research and Teaching: Selections from the Archives 107(36) International House application, June 10, 1940 108 (3) To Walter Bartky, December 3, 1945 111(3) Participants at the inauguration of the research institutes at the University of Chicago, August 1945 114(1) Staff of the Institute for Nuclear Studies, 1950 115(1) Genesis of theory of cosmic ray acceleration, 1948-1949 116 (5) To Hannes Alfvén, December 24, 1948 121(1) Abstract for Fermi's paper on cosmic radiation, January 3, 1949 122(1) Comments by Herbert Anderson and Edward Teller on Fermi's paper on cosmic rays 122(2) Summary page from data book on meson-nucleon scattering, February 1952 124(1) Program for calculation of cyclotron orbits on the Maniac computer, 1951 125(9) Equations for a charged particle in a cylindrically symmetric magnetic field 126(1) The instruction set for the Maniac computer 127 (2) Fermi's flowchart for a program to calculate the orbits emanating from a target 129(1) Notes for setting up the calculation of the orbits 130 (3) Program for calculating initial direction cosines 133(1) Quantum mechanics exam, spring quarter, 1954 134(6) Outline for the speech "The Future of Nuclear Physics," Rochester, January 10, 1952 140(3) Chapter 6 Reminiscences of Fermi's Faculty and Research Colleagues, 1945-1954 143(40) Richard L. Garwin Working with Fermi at Chicago and Postwar Los Alamos 143(6) Murray Gell-Mann No Shortage of Memories 149 (3) Marvin L. Goldberger Enrico Fermi (1901-1954): The Complete Physicist 152(10) Roger Hildebrand Fermi's Classrooms 162 (3) Darragh Nagle With Fermi at Columbia, Chicago, and Los Alamos 165(6) Valentine Telegdi Reminiscences of Enrico Fermi 171(2) Al Wattenberg Fermi as My Chauffeur (Fermi at Argonne National Laboratory and Chicago, 1946-1948) 173 (7) Courtenay Wright Fermi in Action 180(3) Chapter 7 Reminiscences of Fermi's Students, 1945-1954 183(32) Harold Agnew A Snapshot of My Interaction with Fermi 183(3) Owen Chamberlain A Brief Reminiscence of Enrico Fermi 186(1) G.F. Chew Personal Recollections from 1944-1948 187 (2) George W. Farwell Reminiscences of Fermi 189(4) Uri Haber-Schaim Fermi in Varenna, Summer 1954 193(4) T.D. Lee Reminiscence of Chicago Days 197 (4) Jay Orear My First Meetings with Fermi 201 (2) Arthur Rosenfeld Reminiscences of Fermi 203(2) Robert Schluter Three Reminiscences of Enrico Fermi 205 (3) Jack Steinberger Fermi and My Graduate Years at Chicago: Happy Reminiscences 208(7) Chapter 8 Reminiscences of Students of the Fermi Period, 1945-1954 215(39) Nina Byers Fermi and Szilard 215(14) Jerome I. Friedman A Student's View of Fermi 229(3) Maurice Glicksman Enrico Fermi: Teacher, Colleague, Mentor 232(5) Marshall N. Rosenbluth A Young Man Encounters Enrico Fermi 237(2) Lincoln Wolfenstein Fermi Interactions 239(2) Chen Ning Yang Reminiscences of Enrico Fermi 241 (4) Gaurang Yodh This Account Is Not According to the Mahabharata! 245(9) Chapter 9 What Can We Learn with High Energy Accelerators? 254 (13) James W. Cronin Fermi's Look into His Crystal Ball 254(13) Further Reading 267 (2) List of Contributors 269 (14) Index 283