"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character

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He assisted in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II and became known to a wide public in the 1980s as a member of the Rogers Commission, the panel that investigated the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. Along with his work in theoretical physics, Feynman has been credited with pioneering the field of quantum computing and introducing the concept of nanotechnology. He held the Richard C. Tolman professorship in theoretical physics at the California Institute of Technology. During a televised hearing, Feynman demonstrated that the material used in the shuttle's O-rings became less resilient in cold weather by compressing a sample of the material in a clamp and immersing it in ice-cold water. [179] The commission ultimately determined that the disaster was caused by the primary O-ring not properly sealing in unusually cold weather at Cape Canaveral. [180] Milburn, Gerald J. (1998). The Feynman Processor: Quantum Entanglement and the Computing Revolution. Reading, Massachusetts: Perseus Books. ISBN 0-7382-0173-1. Peat, David (1997). Infinite Potential: the Life and Times of David Bohm. Reading, Massachusetts: Addison Wesley. ISBN 0-201-40635-7. OCLC 1014736570.

Hillis, W. Daniel (1989). "Richard Feynman and The Connection Machine". Physics Today. American Institute of Physics. 42 (2): 78–83. Bibcode: 1989PhT....42b..78H. doi: 10.1063/1.881196. ISSN 0031-9228– via The Long Now. Hillis on his conversation with Feynman about his dying. Nielsen, Michael A.; Chuang, Isaac L. (2010). Quantum Computation and Quantum Information (10th anniversaryed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p.7. ISBN 978-1-107-00217-3. OCLC 844974180. Feynman, Richard P. (2000). Hey, Tony; Allen, Robin W. (eds.). Feynman Lectures on Computation. Perseus Books Group. ISBN 0-7382-0296-7. Computer science also differs from physics in that it is not actually a science. It does not study natural objects. Neither is it, as you might think, mathematics; although it does use mathematical reasoning pretty extensively. Rather, computer science is like engineering – it is all about getting something to do something, rather than just dealing with abstractions . Feynman, Richard P.; Welton, T. A. (1946). Neutron Diffusion in a Space Lattice of Fissionable and Absorbing Materials. Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Atomic Energy Commission. doi: 10.2172/4381097. OSTI 4381097. Close, Frank (2011). The Infinity Puzzle: The Personalities, Politics, and Extraordinary Science Behind the Higgs Boson. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-959350-7. OCLC 840427493.

Oral history interview transcript with Richard Feynman on 4 March 1966, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives – Session I

Feynman, Richard (March 5, 1966). "Richard Feynman – Session II" (Interview). Interviewed by Charles Weiner. American Institute of Physics. Archived from the original on May 5, 2019 . Retrieved May 25, 2017. When Feynman was nearing death, he asked his friend and colleague Danny Hillis why Hillis appeared so sad. Hillis replied that he thought Feynman was going to die soon. Feynman said that this sometimes bothered him, too, but added that he had told so many stories to so many people that he would not be completely gone even after his death. [194] As the man recedes into the periphery, you catch a glint of metal. Beneath his shorts you see what appear to be cybernetic ostrich legs with bio-memetic hydraulic ankles and responsive foot springs. Well, don’t get carried away, chief, because you stagger across the finish line like a spastic newborn giraffe doing The Butterfly and conduct a violent emesis of nutrients from both ends while pissing at right angles the entire time (don't try this). At this moment, a man comes trotting by your (geometrically peculiar) fetal form. His steps are springy and there’s a curious clinking noise that accompanies his gait. He’s got a mischievous grin and intelligent eyes. He doesn’t appear to be sweating and his breathing is relaxed. How curious, you think. At least you beat one person in this podiatric blasphemy. “You never push a noun against a verb without trying to blow up something.” You offer your cryptic condolences to the stranger as he sails past you with a good natured laugh. Oral history interview transcript with Richard Feynman on 5 March 1966, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives – Session II

“Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!” Audiobook Summary

Who is Richard Feynman?". feynmangroup.com. Archived from the original on November 5, 2011 . Retrieved December 1, 2012.

Feynman spent several weeks in Rio de Janeiro in July 1949. [114] That year, the Soviet Union detonated its first atomic bomb, generating concerns about espionage. [115] Fuchs was arrested as a Soviet spy in 1950 and the FBI questioned Bethe about Feynman's loyalty. [116] Physicist David Bohm was arrested on December 4, 1950 [117] and emigrated to Brazil in October 1951. [118] Because of the fears of a nuclear war, a girlfriend told Feynman that he should also consider moving to South America. [115] He had a sabbatical coming for 1951–1952, [119] and elected to spend it in Brazil, where he gave courses at the Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas.a b Wellerstein, Alex (July 11, 2014). "Who smeared Richard Feynman?". Restricted Data . Retrieved June 10, 2023. March, Robert H. (2003). "Physics at the University of Wisconsin: A History". Physics in Perspective. 5 (2): 130–149. Bibcode: 2003PhP.....5..130M. doi: 10.1007/s00016-003-0142-6. S2CID 120730710. The Challenger (2013), a BBC Two factual drama starring William Hurt, tells the story of American Nobel prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman's determination to reveal the truth behind the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. Oral history interview transcript with Richard Feynman on 4 February 1973, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives – Session V USPS – The 2005 Commemorative Stamp Program". December 2, 2004. Archived from the original on December 30, 2006.