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How Richard Feynman went from stirring jelly to a Nobel Prize
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| September 16, 2010
| Robin Ince
Posted on 09/16/2010 5:45:18 PM PDT by decimon
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posted on
09/16/2010 5:45:20 PM PDT
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decimon
To: SunkenCiv
Santa Claus ping.
I went to the same high school.
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posted on
09/16/2010 5:46:35 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: decimon
One of the funniest books I've read is this guy's biography... I guess you have to be pretty boring to find a physicist’s biography entertaining... ;)
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posted on
09/16/2010 5:54:12 PM PDT
by
Errant
To: decimon
This man was, and is, a hero/godlike figure to all technical geeks.
Read “Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!”
After the oil spill, Obama’s people looked for politically-correct, leftward-leaning scientists who would find a way to blame BP and it’s evil oil. When Reagan wanted the greatest scientific mind to help determine the cause of the Challenger accident, he got Feynman.
Enough Said.
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posted on
09/16/2010 5:54:40 PM PDT
by
The Antiyuppie
("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
To: Errant
Surely you’re joking, Errant. [BTW, Feynman is my favorite genius. I have lots of video of him, including his Physics lecture series from CalTech. Truly, he was no ordinary genius.
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posted on
09/16/2010 5:56:44 PM PDT
by
MHGinTN
(Morg, believing they cannot be deceived, it's nye impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
To: decimon
His Cargo Cult essay should be required reading for all.
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posted on
09/16/2010 5:56:44 PM PDT
by
oyez
(The difference in genius and stupidity is that genius has limits.)
To: oyez
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posted on
09/16/2010 5:59:03 PM PDT
by
MHGinTN
(Morg, believing they cannot be deceived, it's nye impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
To: The Antiyuppie
For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled. Richard Feynman
He is the Miles Davis of physics.
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posted on
09/16/2010 5:59:48 PM PDT
by
TheVitaminPress
(as goes the Second Amendment . . . so goes the Constitution.)
To: oyez
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posted on
09/16/2010 6:03:46 PM PDT
by
MHGinTN
(Morg, believing they cannot be deceived, it's nye impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
To: MHGinTN
Truly, he was no ordinary genius. Truly, you are right this time! ;)
He was quite the character... I'm glad to hear that you also find him interesting.
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posted on
09/16/2010 6:07:22 PM PDT
by
Errant
To: decimon
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posted on
09/16/2010 6:19:07 PM PDT
by
IrishCatholic
(No local Communist or Socialist Party Chapter? Join the Democrats, it's the same thing!)
To: onedoug
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posted on
09/16/2010 6:19:20 PM PDT
by
stylecouncilor
(What Would Jim Thompson Do?)
To: Errant
I’ve listened to him so much that when I read something he wrote I hear him saying that in his New Yawk accent! It is a fun quirk I have along with my auditory memory.
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posted on
09/16/2010 6:27:42 PM PDT
by
MHGinTN
(Morg, believing they cannot be deceived, it's nye impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
To: MHGinTN
Highly recommended:
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (UNABRIDGED) by Richard P. Feynman
Publisher's Summary:
With his characteristic eyebrow-raising behavior, Richard P. Feynman once provoked the wife of a Princeton dean to remark, "Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman!" But the many scientific and personal achievements of this Nobel Prize-winning physicist are no laughing matter. In addition to solving the mystery of liquid helium, Feynman has been commissioned to paint a naked female toreador and asked to crack the uncrackable safes guarding the atomic bomb's most critical secrets. He has traded ideas with Einstein and Bohr, discussed gambling odds with Nick the Greek, and accompanied a ballet on the bongo drums. Here, woven with his scintillating views on modern science, Feynman relates the defining moments of his accomplished life.
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posted on
09/16/2010 6:29:52 PM PDT
by
Errant
To: Errant
I have a section in my library which is purely all things Feynman, especially the writings by his friends and students who knew him best. But then, I also have a section on Carl Jung ... it’s more technical junk.
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posted on
09/16/2010 6:36:18 PM PDT
by
MHGinTN
(Morg, believing they cannot be deceived, it's nye impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
To: decimon
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posted on
09/16/2010 6:52:11 PM PDT
by
Kirkwood
(Zombie Hunter)
To: MHGinTN
Wow MHGinTN, I'm impressed. I've also read and listened to some of Feynman's lectures.
Einstein's writings and biographies are another of my favorites. I haven't found psychology that interesting for some reason but history and ancient mysteries intrigue me.
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posted on
09/16/2010 7:03:20 PM PDT
by
Errant
To: decimon; AdmSmith; bvw; callisto; ckilmer; dandelion; ganeshpuri89; gobucks; KevinDavis; ...
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posted on
09/16/2010 7:07:10 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Democratic Underground... matters are worse, as their latest fund drive has come up short...)
To: decimon
I didn’t know Santa Claus even *went* to school. ;’)
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posted on
09/16/2010 7:09:59 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Democratic Underground... matters are worse, as their latest fund drive has come up short...)
To: SunkenCiv
Decades ago I dated a stripper whose IQ was 138. She was working her way through college. Have no idea whatever happened to her ...
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posted on
09/16/2010 7:10:39 PM PDT
by
MHGinTN
(Morg, believing they cannot be deceived, it's nye impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
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