Physicist
Enrico Fermi
Built the first nuclear reactor under the stands of a Chicago squash court in 1942. One of the last physicists to be first rate at both theory and experiment.
Enrico Fermi was an Italian-American physicist, renowned for being the creator of the world's first artificial nuclear reactor, Chicago Pile-1, and a member of the Manhattan Project. He won the 1938 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his demonstrations of the existence of new radioactive elements produced by neutron irradiation, and for his related discovery of nuclear reactions brought about by slow neutrons". He has been called the "architect of the nuclear age" and the "architect of the atomic bomb". He was one of very few physicists to excel in both theoretical and experimental physics. With his colleagues, Fermi filed several patents related to the use of nuclear power, all of which were taken over by the US government. He made significant contributions to the development of statistical mechanics, quantum theory, and nuclear and particle physics.
- Born
- 1901-09-29, Rome, ItalyA Sunday
- Died
- 1954-11-28, Chicago, Illinois, USAA Sunday, aged 53
- At birth
- Sun in Libra, Moon in Aries
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Birth Chart
1901-09-29, Rome, Italy · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Romethe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Libra | 5°35′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aries | 22°39′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Libra | 27°40′ | Direct |
| Venus | Scorpio | 14°15′ | Direct |
| Mars | Scorpio | 19°22′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Capricorn | 4°34′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Capricorn | 9°58′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Sagittarius | 13°29′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Cancer | 1°29′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Gemini | 18°40′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
1954-11-28, Chicago, Illinois, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Chicagothe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Sagittarius | 5°58′ | Direct |
| Moon | Capricorn | 11°23′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Scorpio | 21°29′ | Direct |
| Venus | Scorpio | 15°43′ | Retrograde |
| Mars | Aquarius | 26°03′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Cancer | 29°43′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Scorpio | 14°53′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Cancer | 27°25′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Libra | 27°12′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Leo | 26°48′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Enrico Fermi was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.
