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"Behind each of these names lies a story worth telling, and ... there are 100's more like it that you'd have never heard of" So true. We all stand on the shoul
by amirmc 15y ago
"Behind each of these names lies a story worth telling, and ... there are 100's more like it that you'd have never heard of"
So true. We all stand on the shoulders of giants but it's not often that we look down to see who they really are (probably different for each of us).
- palish 15y agoMy absolute hero is Richard Feynman. Required reading: - "Surely You're Joking" - "What Do You Care What Other People Think" - http://history.nasa.gov/rogersrep/v2appf.htm http://history.nasa.gov/rogersrep/v2appf.htm "Personal Observations on Reliability of Shuttle" (Challenger disaster report) - Also, consider torrenting videos of his "Messenger Lectures". The youtube snippets do not nearly do them justice. They're some of the most intellectually interesting things you'll ever watch: Richard_Feynman_Messenger_Lectures_at_Cornell_-_The.Character.of.Physical.Law_-_Part_1_The_Law_of_Gravitation Part_2_The_Relation_of_Mathematics_to_Physics Part_3_The_Great_Conservation_Principles Part_4_Symmetry_in_Physical_Law Part_5_The_Distinction_of_Past_and_Future Part_6_Probability_and_Uncertainty Part_7_Seeking_New_Laws
- simonsarris 15y agoThere's also a small series of Feynman that has been put on Youtube called "fun to imagine." They are short and most of them are very good: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3pYRn5j7oI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3pYRn5j7oI
- mhb 15y agoThere's also a lovely three part series: Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRmbwczTC6E http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRmbwczTC6E
- Arjuna 15y agoRichard Feynman's Messenger Lectures can be viewed here (Silverlight required): http://research.microsoft.com/apps/tools/tuva/index.html http://research.microsoft.com/apps/tools/tuva/index.html