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Wikipedia says the Trinity test was 20 kilotons. With Fermi estimating 10 kt, he was off by a factor of only two. Of course Taylor got an estimate within 2 as
by bdcs 9y ago
Wikipedia says the Trinity test was 20 kilotons. With Fermi estimating 10 kt, he was off by a factor of only two.
Of course Taylor got an estimate within 2 as well, using photographs published in Life magazine.
https://thatsmaths.com/2014/09/18/how-big-was-the-bomb/ https://thatsmaths.com/2014/09/18/how-big-was-the-bomb/