Helplessly devoured "Project Hail Mary" by Andy Weir. Maybe even nerdier than the Martian—implausible, silly, whatever, but infectiously fun. Makes me wish I'd had more Fermi problem solving in my life as a kid.
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2/3 of the way through and it’s just *such* a joy
I feel like a kid left alone with a whole bag of marshmallows 😊🙏
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About ~1/3 through and wow, it’s so fun. Gonna cruise on through, can’t wait to see what happens.
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It's never too late to start Fermi estimating! I've been wanting to get better at it myself and was thinking of starting a group to jointly practice and learn.
The Fermi Estimation course I took in grad school was one of the highlights of my PhD.
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For #FridayPhysicsFun, I want to introduce you to a part of physics that lets you reason about any question you may have about the world.
•How high can mountains be?
•How big are raindrops?
•How much does the atmosphere weigh?
It's called order of magnitude estimation.
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There was a super fun course on this at Caltech called "order of magnitude physics": its.caltech.edu/~oom/
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I helplessly devoured the sample on amazon, bought it immediately, and now plan on reading the whole night through. thanks for reccing it!