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Fermi Problems: How to Estimate Almost Anything

How Enrico Fermi estimated a bomb yield with scraps of paper, why chains of rough guesses land within a factor of ten, and three worked examples you can check yourself.

Fermi Problems: How to Estimate Almost Anything

How Enrico Fermi estimated a bomb yield with scraps of paper, why chains of rough guesses land within a factor of ten, and three worked examples you can check yourself.

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Fermions vs Bosons: What Is the Difference?

Every particle in nature is either a fermion or a boson. Fermions, like electrons and quarks, have half-integer spin and obey the Pauli exclusion principle. Bosons, like photons, have integer...

Fermions vs Bosons: What Is the Difference?

Every particle in nature is either a fermion or a boson. Fermions, like electrons and quarks, have half-integer spin and obey the Pauli exclusion principle. Bosons, like photons, have integer...