Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]S Dimitrov wrote: "Give me a more detailed reference" Feynman on the Challenger: http://www.fotuva.org/feynman/challenger-appendix.html More about Feynman: http://www.fotuva.org/feynman/index.html I can't recommend Feynman's writings enough, he was one of the greatest minds of the twentieth century, and a remarkable man. My favourite Feynman tale: When he was teaching at Cornell, a first-year student asked him a question at the end of one of his lectures (why spin - -1/2 Bosons obey Fermi-Dirac statistics). Feynman began his explanation, and realised he wasn't able to explain it simply. Unlike many people, Feynman felt that if he couldn't explain it in simple terms, it meant *he* didn't understand it properly. So he went away and studied the subject, and as a direct consequence invented the entire field of quantum electrodynamics and earned himself the Nobel prize for physics. A genuine genius, and a man who knew the meaning of humility. - -- David Morton dmorton@journalist.co.uk "The more opinions you have, the less you see." -- Wim Wenders.