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
Hi: for the record, the Yellow Pages gives 31 piano-tuning businesses in Chicago, and 4 per business is a reasonable estimate. Nice check. Also, Stein's example as linked isn't at all related to Fermi problems... maybe it's another Stein and another example? -[User:acthomas], 13 Feb 2008 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 140.247.243.189 (talk) 22:32, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
