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>In October of 1946, Richard wrote his late wife a heartbreaking love letter and sealed it in an envelope. It remained unopened until after his death in 1988.
by pavornyoh 11y ago
>In October of 1946, Richard wrote his late wife a heartbreaking love letter and sealed it in an envelope. It remained unopened until after his death in 1988.
It is a very heartbreaking and sad. But was there instruction for it to be shared publicly? It will pain me if someone is sharing this just to further their own agenda. It seems kind of private.
- ceejayoz 11y agoWe'd be missing a large portion of our civilization's history without the private writings of notable people. I can't find anything on the provenance of Feynman's letters, but I'd suspect either he or his estate willingly donated them.
- pavornyoh 11y ago>But I'd suspect either he or his estate willingly donated them. Agreed. That was what I thought after my post.
- javawizard 11y ago(Source: The Letters of Note book - reproduced with permission of Richard Feynman's Estate.)
- pavornyoh 11y ago@javawizard, thank you.
- michael_nielsen 11y agoThe letter is in "Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track", a book of letters edited by Feynman's daughter, Michelle, and with the co-operation of his son, Carl.