Research Reconstruction
Fermi's method is reconstructed as a union of minimal modeling, dimensional estimates, quantum/statistical state counting, nuclear cross-section reasoning, counter-based experimental inference, reactor criticality balance, and unusually clear blackboard pedagogy.
The cases are drawn from the Italy-era and United States-era collected-paper spine, thermodynamics and quantum lecture notes, elementary-particle lectures, reactor/pile/patent materials, and public lectures or teacher-facing essays. Strategy percentages are overlapping prevalence values: they measure how often a strategy appears among the 300 cases and are not expected to add to 100%.
Interactive Strategy Tree
Overlapping Strategy Prevalence
Percentages mean case prevalence: a method used in 180 of 300 cases is shown as 60%. Because each case may use several methods, totals are not expected to sum to 100%.
Source Spine
300 Paper / Book-Chapter / Lecture Cases
| # | Year | Source | Lecture-style case | Thesis | Result | Strategies |
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