Talk:Fermi problem

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Is it worthwhile to list links to any such problems that already have wikipedia articles? I figure the Drake equation is one, but I dunno if there are any others famous enough to get their own articles. -- Finlay McWalter 17:18, 18 Dec 2003 (UTC)


Hi guys

I remember reading that Fermi estimated the yield of a nuclear explosion by dropping some pieces of paper from his hand (Fermi himself presumably some safe distance from ground zero). I did some order-of-magnitude analyses of this and came up with some not-quite-to-within-an-order-of-magnitude answers.

Anyone out there got more detailed info on this experiment? How far did his pieces of paper travel?

          2 & 1/2 Meters acording to this. -> http://www.trinityremembered.com/documents/Fermi.html
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