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Subject: Re: [Leica] OT Richard Feynman (was WWII V2 rockets)
From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2001 11:19:01 -0700
References: <1120AB2026ABD211A82600A024B971370C432D@einstein.morton.org.uk>

><Snip> ealised 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


I believe that an entirely new field of physics gets invented about twice a
millennium. So for Feynman to come up with one in our age just like was no mean
feet! He is one of the great minds of all time it would seem.


Mark Rabiner

Portland, Oregon
USA

http://www.rabiner.cncoffice.com/

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