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Fermi asks 'Where is everybody?' at Los Alamos

Name: Fermi asks 'Where is everybody?' at Los Alamos
Start: 1950
Location: Los Alamos, NM

When: 1950
Where: Los Alamos, NM
Sources: 1 public source

Physicist Enrico Fermi, who asked 'Where is everybody?' at Los Alamos in 1950 Department of Energy-Office of Public Affairs, restored by Yann, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

During a lunchtime walk at Los Alamos, physicist Enrico Fermi joined a talk about flying saucer reports and a New Yorker cartoon, then asked where everybody was. A 1985 Los Alamos report gathered the participants' recollections; the question became the Fermi paradox.

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Official'Where is everybody?' An account of Fermi's question (LA-10311-MS, Eric M. Jones) (opens in a new tab)Los Alamos National Laboratory via OSTI.GOV (U.S. Department of Energy) / 1985-03

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