My absolute hero is Richard Feynman. Required reading: - "Surely You're Joking" - "What Do You Care What Other People Think" - http://history.nasa.gov/roger

My 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