================================================================ Mid Term Test Spring 2012 Question: (1 bonus point) ========================= Name the Nobel Laureate who is associated with the famous "Piano Tuner Problem"? Your Answers: ============= (7) Enrico Fermi (6) Blank (3) The guy/dude/Physics-scientist-from-Chicago who estimates the power of atomic bomb by dropping bits of paper napkin (2) Carl Friedrich Gauss (1) Bell (1) Leong Hon Wai ======================= (Note to Wen-Yi: Thx for typo correction! I did change the spelling, but only later I discovered that the changes were made in an OLD version of the test paper, and NOT on the latest version! Since we are at this, I also corrected a missing matching ". ) Details (in case you are interested in them) ============================================= Enrico Fermi : Philip, Sudhanshu, WenYi, ShengLi, Grace, Daniel, Blank : Jess, Akshay, Justin, Ruohan, Hou Cheng, Timothy, JianAnn The guy who estimates the power of atomic bomb : Ye Zhen The same dude that estimated the yield of the nuclear blast during WWII in white sands New Mexico by dropping bits of paper napkin on the floor in the diner. Lentz : Brian Physics scientist from Chicago who also managed to estimate the magnitude of the atomic bomb explosion by using pieces of paper! (1/2 mark please!) : Denys Carl Friedrich Gauss (I guess it's probably a fun answer as well :)): Danna heehee. Gauss ? : Wani Bell : Sabrina Leong Hon Wai ;) : Laura, (*Grace: added . . . can't remember his full name spelling, but I think he is Italian) LHW: Yes, he's Italian. ================================================================