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Publications about fermi problems.
Articles
- John E. Carlson, "Fermi problems on gasoline consumption", The Physics Teacher, Vol. 35, No. 5, May 1997, pp. 308-309.
- David Chandler, "How to split hairs on Fermi questions", The Physics Teacher, Vol. 28, No. 3, March 1990, p. 170.
- M. St. John and Fred Reif, "Teaching physicists' thinking skills in the laboratory", American Journal of Physics, Vol. 47, 1979, p. 950.
- Victor F. Weisskopf, "Search for Simplicity: Mountains, waterwaves, and leaky ceilings", Am. J. Phys., Vol. 54, No. 2, February 1986, pp. 110 -111
Books
- Hans Christian von Baeyer, The Fermi Solution (Random House, NY, 1993).
- Jearl Walker, The Flying Circus of Physics with Answers (John Wiley and Sons, NW, 1977).
Thanks to Rand Harrington for contributions to this site.
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