Author Archives: Olivia Fermi

Happy Birthday Enrico Fermi 110

For years I have wanted to visit my grandfather’s lab on Via Panisperna…

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Transmedia, Europe and the Neutron Trail

Rome, Italy vies to be called the starting point of the Neutron Trail. It is the…

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Trinity Day and the First Atomic Bomb Test

 
In the dark of night, on July 16, 1945 a few scientists and military pers…

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Enrico Fermi Time Capsule Opening

If you were around in 1949, and someone asked you to select items to place in a ti…

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Montclair State University Hosts Neutron Trail

Students and faculty from the colleges of science and art at Montclair State U…

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BBC World Radio Interview with Olivia Fermi

In the wake of the crisis at the Fukushima Nuclear plant in Japan last week, BBC…

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First Steps for Neutron Trail Documentary

Last summer I was thrilled when two executive producers approached me to make…

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Nuclear Cinema as Cultural Mirror

Watch enough nuclear documentaries and it’s a self-sustaining Atomi…

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Sharing Stories… On the Neutron Trail

I’ve been travelling on the Neutron Trail, learning about our shared nuclear…

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Dancing Physics and Society: The Matter of Origins

Delightfully, every so often, the Neutron Trail leads me into realms artisti…

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