And taking away the popes temporal domain, he did not recognize it. There were no diplomatic relations between rome, between the Italian Republic and the vatican, that didnt happen until 1929 so for a while he really could be the only pole. So set the stage for in a little bit, fermi is this young man, completely unknown even in his own country and within a decade is going to become this international star. But its during a time when fascism is in rain, full rain in the 1920s, how does that affect the young fermi . What role does that play in his development. There he is in his 20s, he comes from a modest family, his parents had not gone to college. There was nobody else in italy at the time. He was the leader and he was just purely thinking about physics as far as i can tell. The only, he joined the fascist party but cellini appointed him to the Royal Academy, double his salary and he said hey, double my salary is a good thing. So ill pledge allegiance to mussolini. He will be father
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