Erstellt am: 5. 10. 2011 - 11:29 Uhr
Today's Webtip: Beauty
One of the people who had a major impact on my understanding of the world was Richard Feynman. He was a bongo playing, lock picking, physicist who helped develop the bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima.
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He was one of those people with a true lust for life, an infectious curiosity, and a natural talent for story telling. Qualities that made him a popular teacher. One whose lectures were frequently visited by his peers.
The physicists version of Carl Sagan with a New York accident and without the TV show.
Not that he hasn't been on television. There was a rather interesting documentary produced featuring Mr. Feynman sitting in a chair telling stories. The transcript of that interview session was turned into a book, and now the AUdio has been used to create another work of video
You can find the original interview on YouTube.
The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
And if you have always wanted to own a coloring book featuring scientists, dig around the official Feynman homepage.