Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]He probably found it easier to talk spontaneously than to sit down and write it all down. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Cardish" <dcardish@sympatico.ca> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 03:07 Subject: Re: [Leica] OT Richard Feynman (was WWII V2 rockets) > The amazing thing about Feynman's writings is that most of them are > actually written by others's based on lectures and talks Feynman gave. A > name that springs to mind is Ralph Leighton, as one of his collaborators. > This even applies to his technical books, such as his text on Path Integral > approach to Quantum Field Theory. > > dan c. > > At 08:34 PM 19-08-01 -0400, Mike Durling wrote: > >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. > >> > > > >