''Where is everybody. '' An account of Fermi's question

Jones, E. M.

doi:10.2172/5746675

Title: ''Where is everybody. '' An account of Fermi's question

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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.

Authors:: Jones, E. M.

Publication Date:: 1985-03-01

Research Org.:: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: US Department of Energy (US)

OSTI Identifier:: 5746675

Report Number(s):: LA-10311-MS
ON: DE85011898; TRN: AH200132%%120

DOE Contract Number:: W-7405-ENG-36

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; 99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE; COSMOLOGY; HISTORICAL ASPECTS; INTERSTELLAR SPACE; MILKY WAY; GALAXIES; SPACE; ENRICO FERMI; 659000* - Communication, Education, History, & Philosophy- (-1987)

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