When the students threw up their hands, Fermi would walk them through a rough-and-ready estimation process that went something like this: If we know Chicago has a population of about 3 million, and we ...
A nuclear engineer reacts to a wild scenario from xkcd What If, exploring what would really happen if a baseball were thrown at 90 percent the speed of light. From relativistic physics to ...
Ever wondered what would happen if the Sun suddenly went out? Watch as a nuclear engineer reacts to XKCD’s scenario and breaks down the science behind this extreme “what if.” From immediate effects on ...
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