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While this does corroborate the story the original commenter was making, it’s not a quote from Feynman or any of his books. I am sure this is probably true, bu
by wiredsister 9y ago
While this does corroborate the story the original commenter was making, it’s not a quote from Feynman or any of his books. I am sure this is probably true, but this book/excerpt has no citations or sources I can find. Can we find the root of this?
- eesmith 9y agoIt appears to be drawn from the book "Feynman", by Jim Ottaviaani and Leland Myrick (illustrator), based on a preview snippet from "Look Inside". Further confirmation that this story is in the book comes from the reader comments to the book at http://fullmoon.typepad.com/books/nonfiction/page/2/ http://fullmoon.typepad.com/books/nonfiction/page/2/ : > "He didn't mean to, but he couldn't help it: present Feynman with a problem, from a Mayan codex to a locked safe to the mysteries of quantum electrodynamics, and he would just have to solve it--the exception that proves the rule, of course, being his promise to his sister Joan to leave the aurora to her." > "At one point in adulthood someone asks him to look at something and he asks Joan for permission first. When she says no, she's not done with it yet, he tells the other person that the two of them have an agreement about that sort of thing. Good brother!"