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Sounds credible, up to the point about the cleaning lady... If he realized their importance, why would he not be able to work out the equations again, possibly
by bjornsing 8y ago
Sounds credible, up to the point about the cleaning lady... If he realized their importance, why would he not be able to work out the equations again, possibly with Feynman’s help?
- huhtenberg 8y agoPrecisely! Violating the sanctity of one's blackboards is one of the worst possible offenses in the academic world. Cleaning staff sure knows better than even glancing in their approximate direction.
- JoeAltmaier 8y agoWas that true in the 1050's? 1960's? Back then, the upper-class folk who inhabited offices would not think of emptying a wastepaper basket, clearing a desk, cleaning a floor. They may have had different expectations about who's job it was to erase the chalkboard as well.
- mannykannot 8y agoI would guess the cleaners would clean off the board only if the author had made it very clear, some time beforehand, that this is what he wanted and expected.