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Before considering the merits of the various proposed solutions to the Fermi paradox, this chapter presents some of the background. I first give a short biography of Enrico Fermi himself, focusing on just a few of his many and varied scientific accomplishments. I mention only those contributions to science that I refer to in later sections of the book. I ignore, for example, his contribution to cosmic ray physics: Fermi was the first to propose a realistic model for explaining the origin of the high-energy particles that bombard Earth from space.
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Webb, S. (2015). Of Fermi and Paradox. In: If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... WHERE IS EVERYBODY?. Science and Fiction. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13236-5_2
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