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Enrico Fermi was good with approximate calculations, even when he had little or no data. | Enrico Fermi was good with approximate calculations, even when he had little or no data. | ||
Long list here: http://www.physics.umd.edu/perg/fermi/fermi.htm | |||
Interesting economics application: http://www.people.hbs.edu/mweinzierl/paper/dynamicscoring.pdf | |||
Latest revision as of 23:54, 3 July 2017
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_problem
A Fermi problem is a type of problem that is intended to hone dimensional analysis skills and back of the envelope estimation.
Enrico Fermi was good with approximate calculations, even when he had little or no data.
Long list here: http://www.physics.umd.edu/perg/fermi/fermi.htm
Interesting economics application: http://www.people.hbs.edu/mweinzierl/paper/dynamicscoring.pdf