"It is no good to try to stop knowledge from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge." β Enrico Fermi
Just a tribute to my favourite Nobel Prize-winning physicist, Enrico Fermi.
September 29th in stamps: Servetus, de Cervantes, Enrico Fermi, Diesel, Γmile Zola, Lech WaΕΔsa stampio.org/2020/09/septeβ¦
Born On This Day Sept 29, 1901, Enrico Fermi Italian-born American scientist & architect of the nuclear age. He created the world's first nuclear reactor the Chicago Pile-1. He received the 1938 Nobel Prize in physics for identifying new elements and discovering nuclear reactions.
This Day in Victorian History Enrico Fermi, Italian-American nuclear physicist, gone fission, fermium (Nobel Prize 1938), born in Rome, Italy (1901) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrβ¦
TIL John Von Neumann was considered the smartest man alive by his fellow physicists. Enrico Fermi once told his Ph.D student: "You know how much faster I am in thinking than you are? That's how much faster von Neumann is compared to me." spartanideas.msu.edu/2013β¦
Enrico Fermi easter egg in the Archives
Hey everyone, I'm not sure if this was posted before or not, but I was kinda stricken by this random picture in the Archives section, and was fixated on figuring out who it was. Turns out, it's just this photo of Enrico Fermi, slightly edited. The FBC logo is photoshopped in the back, and he has a mustache and hair added. Other than that, it's literally the same picture.
FWI: In December 2021, an accident at the Enrico Fermi nuclear power plant on the shore of Lake Erie in Michigan leads to a meltdown of the Fermi 2 reactor.
Multiple, back-up power generators fail to provide electricity to cool the reactor due to a fire involving the deisel generators, destroying the 120 kV power lines.
What did Enrico Fermi say when he split the atom?
βFission Accomplished!β
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βMissΓ€ kaikki ovat?β kysyi Enrico Fermi 1950. Avi Loeb sanoi Oumuamuan ehkΓ€ olevan maan ulkopuolisen sivilisaation tekniikkaa 2021. MitΓ€ luulet lΓΆytyykΓΆ kotigalaksimme 400 miljardin tΓ€hden tai maailmankikeuden 400miljardin galaksin seasta merkkejΓ€ elΓ€mΓ€stΓ€ seuraavan 10 vuoden aikana.
TIL of the Fermi paradox, the contradiction between the lack of evidence for extraterrestrial civilizations and various high estimates for their probability. It's named after physicist Enrico Fermi, who was discussing the topic of UFOs with colleagues when he suddenly asked:"But where is everybody?" waterstechnology.com/dataβ¦
TIL about the Fermi Paradox, a concept from the 1950s named after Italian-American physicist Enrico Fermi, that highlights the apparent disparity between estimates of intelligent life on other planets and a conspicuous lack of such evidence thus far in our exploration. britannica.com/story/the-β¦
The sunset a few weeks ago in Port Clinton. A tale of two nuclear power plants, Davis-Besse on the left and Michiganβs Enrico Fermi on the deep right. Couldnβt believe the lighting was so great that I was able to capture the latter.
[identify] can someone help me identify Enrico Fermi's Watch?
TIL of the physicist Ettore Majorana, whom Enrico Fermi called a genius as great as Galileo and Newton; Majorana predicted the existence of neutron (but never published it), predicted the existence of neutrino (Fermi wrote a paper in Majoranaβs name) and then, at age 31, suddenly disappeared in 1938 cerncourier.com/a/ettore-β¦
TIL that Enrico Fermi estimated the strength of the atomic bomb detonated in Trinity Test from the distance traveled by some pieces of paper that he dropped during the blast. Similar estimation problems, whose exact solutions are very difficult, in physics and engineering are called Fermi Problem. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferβ¦
How apocryphal is the story of Enrico Fermi dropping paper out of an airplane to estimate the atomic bombβs magnitude?
Italian Physicist Enrico Fermi tests EMP in Chicago [1945]
TDIH: December 2, 1942, World War II: During the Manhattan Project, a team led by Enrico Fermi initiates the first artificial self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction. Illustration: Sketch of the world's first nuclear reactor, Chicago Pile 1 or CP-1.
"Nuclear pile" in Chicago is built from layers of uranium & graphite, to test a controlled self-sustaining reaction. Physicist Enrico Fermi so confident in his calculations that this primitive nuclear reactor has no radiation shields.
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Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station
The Enrico Fermi nuclear power plant in Michigan, which is the second largest nuclear power plant in Michigan after Donald C. Cook.
Enrico Fermi at the blackboard (Smithsonian Institution Archives, n.d.)
November 28th in stamps: Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Friedrich Engels, Alfonso XII of Spain, Stefan Zweig, Albania declares its independence, Enrico Fermi, Wilhelmina stampio.org/2020/11/novemβ¦
TIL that Enrico Fermi estimated the energy released by first atom bomb (Trinity test at Manhattan Project) by dropping small pieces of paper before, during, and after the passage of the blast wave and measuring their displacement. His estimate of 10 kilotons was pretty close to actual value of 21. dannen.com/decision/fermiβ¦
Enrico Fermi, who produced the first nuclear chain reaction, was born on 29th September, 1901
When you realize the Novideoβ’ GimpForceβ’ 400 series is named after Enrico Fermi, the guy who designed the first working nuclear reactor
Today we remember Physicist Enrico Fermi, he was an Italian (later naturalized American) physicist and the creator of the world's first nuclear reactor, the Chicago Pile-1. He has been called the "architect of the nuclear age" and the "architect of the atomic bomb". #OnThisDay
TIL John Von Neumann was considered the smartest man alive by his fellow physicists. Enrico Fermi once told his Ph.D student: "You know how much faster I am in thinking than you are? That's how much faster von Neumann is compared to me." spartanideas.msu.edu/2013β¦
The 'Via Panisperna boys' in 1934: from left to right, chemist Oscar D'Agostino and physicists Emilio Segrè (Nobel prize in physics in 1959), Edoard Amaldi, Franco Rasetti and Enrico Fermi (Nobel prize in physics in 1938) [600 x 933]
Born on this day Sept. 29, 1901 Italian American Physicist & Nobel Prize Winner Enrico Fermi. The element Fermium, fermions and Fermilab are named after him. As is the Fermi Paradox that asks the questions where all the aliens are, given the size & age of the Universe. Images: Wikemedia & Britannica reddit.com/gallery/j29vy8
Enrico Fermi during the trinity test (1945)
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Come far rivoltare Enrico fermi nella tomba - HowTo change.org/p/chiudere-l-iβ¦
It's like I'm living with Enrico Fermi. What's . . . What are we doing here. PS Stella is ass
TIL John Von Neumann was considered the smartest man alive by his fellow physicists. Enrico Fermi once told his Ph.D student: "You know how much faster I am in thinking than you are? That's how much faster von Neumann is compared to me." spartanideas.msu.edu/2013β¦
Enrico Fermi during the trinity test (1945)
"It is no good to try to stop knowledge from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge." β Enrico Fermi
