Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The amazing thing about Feynman's writing is that an absolute layman can pick up a book like "QED" (Quantum Electrodynamics) and understand it! Mike D - ----- Original Message ----- From: <leica@davidmorton.org> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 4:15 AM Subject: [Leica] OT Richard Feynman (was WWII V2 rockets) > 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. >