Modeling Particles in Atomic Bombs

Linear Digressions

• Episode: Modeling Particles in Atomic Bombs
• Website: Linear Digressions
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• Duration: 00:15:38
• Published: 2015-07-07 01:30

In a fun historical journey, Katie and Ben explore the history of the Manhattan Project, discuss the difficulties in modeling particle movement in atomic bombs with only punch-card computers and ingenuity, and eventually come to present-day uses of the Metropolis-Hastings algorithm... mentioning Solitaire along the way.