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He was misogynistic and, by his own admission, did not hold women in high regard. I don’t remember exactly but I think he even admitted that at some point in hi
by elteto 2y ago
He was misogynistic and, by his own admission, did not hold women in high regard. I don’t remember exactly but I think he even admitted that at some point in his life he didn’t believe women could be scientists, or at least not as good as men. I think that by the end of his life he had matured and outgrown this.
He was deeply affected by the death of his first wife. I personally believe that he developed misogynistic traits as a way of self-defense and driven by the pain of her loss. They were deeply in love. His farewell letter to her is so beautiful and touching, and yet so pragmatic, in a way that only Feynman could be.
He is a personal hero but I do understand he was human and as such, a flawed individual like anyone else.
- matt_j 2y agoGiven that his sister Joan was an accomplished scientist in her own right, and they got along well, I don't think your comment is accurate. > “During the conference I was staying with my sister in Syracuse. I brought the paper home and said to her, “I can’t understand these things that Lee and Yang are saying. It’s all so complicated.” > “No,” she said, “what you mean is not that you can’t understand it, but that you didn’t invent it. You didn’t figure it out your own way, from hearing the clue. What you should do is imagine you’re a student again, and take this paper upstairs, read every line of it, and check the equations. Then you’ll understand it very easily.” > I took her advice, and checked through the whole thing, and found it to be very obvious and simple. I had been afraid to read it, thinking it was too difficult.” http://wavefunction.fieldofscience.com/2017/04/richard-feynmans-sister-joans-advice-to.html http://wavefunction.fieldofscience.com/2017/04/richard-feynm... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Feynman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Feynman