Fermat's Library
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A platform for illuminating academic papers. We publish an annotated paper every week. Our chrome extension for arXiv: https://t.co/dONozYVrFz
10-09-2015 03:54:59
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Today is the 119 anniversary of the birth of Enrico Fermi. In 1945, Fermi calculated the power of the Trinity atomic bomb based on the distance traveled by pieces of paper he dropped during the blast.
Here's the 1-page report he wrote after the explosion: fermatslibrary.com/s/my-observati…
