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FINE MAN

Tapes of Richard Feynman's wisdom (in short bursts) at:

I like "Is the world an onion" and "honors suck". And the others too.

Feynman. He is known for:

Helping develop the atomic bomb.

Inventing the bit of scientific notation later known as the Feynman diagram.

Winning the Nobel Prize in physics for a discovery he made in his twenties.

Solving the mystery of the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion; o-rings.

Playing the bongos

I found this because they answered his question of why spaghetti breaks in pieces when you break it in half.

Go see:

It has something to do with waves, of course.

It is said that Feynman was second only to Einstein. But he would not care as 'honors don't mean anything'.

// posted by esrose @ 6:54 PM

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