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Friday Fermi Problem: How much does a barrel of Gold cost? $1M? $10M? $100M?

Posted on September 26, 2008 by Sunny Kalara

Recently I was listening to the news and the broadcaster was giving numbers on the price of a barrel of oil and and an oz of gold. Oil is very often referred to as “black gold”, so I started to … Continue reading →

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How long of a thread do you need to weave a bed sheet?

Posted on February 15, 2008 by Sunny Kalara

 TGIF and time for Friday Fermi Problem : Fermi Problem is described as: In physics, particularly in physics education, a Fermi problem, Fermi question, or Fermi estimate is an estimation problem designed to teach dimensional analysis, approximation, and the importance … Continue reading →

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