''Where is everybody. '' An account of Fermi's question
Fermi's famous question, now central to debates about the prevalence of extraterrestrial civilizations, arose during a luncheon conversation with Emil Konopinski, Edward Teller, and Herbert York in the summer of 1950. Fermi's companions on that day have provided accounts of the incident.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Department of Energy (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36;
- OSTI ID:
- 5746675
- Report Number(s):
- LA-10311-MS; ON: DE85011898
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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