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Richard Feynman, because he showed me through his writing that we all, no matter our backgrounds, can be enthralled by the mysteries that surround us.
by smhinsey 17y ago
Richard Feynman, because he showed me through his writing that we all, no matter our backgrounds, can be enthralled by the mysteries that surround us.
- araneae 17y agoAnd that through charisma, you can become more famous than physicists that do better physics than you.
- adharmad 17y agoAny examples?
- araneae 17y agoMurray Gell-Mann
- jballanc 17y agoYeah, but I wonder how much of Gell-Mann's fame comes from his sometimes derogatory comments about Feynman
- sage_joch 17y agoA bit of searching turned up this really interesting article about the two: http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2000/07/johnson.htm http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2000/07/johnson.htm.
- marknutter 17y agoThis is probably the most irritating comment I've seen on HN so far. Boo.
- Confusion 17y agoWhat is the point of this remark? Feynman was brilliant and deserved that Nobel as much as Gell-Mann. The difference is that Feynman was also inspiring, while the Gell-Mann perhaps deserved a second Nobel. That's plenty of reason to admire the first and not the latter.