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CrieDeCoeur t1_iu70bqn wrote

Feynman also had a great sense of humour. Pretty philosophical guy too from what I've read about him.

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danathecount t1_iu74z8w wrote

You should read his auto-biography(ish) “Surely you’re joking Mr.Feynman”

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ISpyStrangers t1_iu7ppm4 wrote

And the sequel, What do You Care What Other People Think?

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MukdenMan t1_iu8j0yj wrote

“I’m not joking. And don’t call me Mr. Feynman.” - Shirley

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Would_daver t1_iu9y705 wrote

"A hospital? It's a place where sick people go to get better. But that's not important right now" -Also Shirley

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OldMork t1_iu7mxqh wrote

also check out the book by James Gleick, its very long but worth reading.

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sykemol t1_iuacbzr wrote

^ That's the one to read. His autobiographies are fun, but a bit self-serving.

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pack0newports t1_iuenc2p wrote

i think the title is Dr. Feynman one of my faves as a kid.

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removed_bymoderator t1_iubf9hn wrote

And Tuva Or Bust, written by a friend of his. The two of them tried to go to Tuva in the Soviet Union, and it's a story of their finding a way to get a visa and whatever else was going on in their lives at the time. Fun book.

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BlueAndMoreBlue t1_iu79a4v wrote

Some of his lectures are up on the YouTube, definitely worth checking out

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CrieDeCoeur t1_iu7bk9f wrote

He's as known among physicists for his work as much as he is for the practical jokes he'd play on them.

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BlueAndMoreBlue t1_iu7g6mw wrote

He also liked to play the bongos, perhaps the matthew mcconaughey of physics (and yes, I had to copy paste his name :)

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orion427 t1_iu8jgmu wrote

Feynman has a great way of explaining complex mathematical aspects so even a knucklehead like me can understand them.

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ALifeLongLearner t1_iu82xy8 wrote

He also banged the wives of all his colleagues.

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rmphys t1_iu8ubkr wrote

And his students. He'd have been canned for sexual harassments almost instantly today (and to be clear, he should have been, I'm not complaining about today's standards. The man was a menace to women in science, but that was accepted back then)

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EpsomHorse t1_iu93uga wrote

> And his students.

Who are we to judge the consensual activities that adults choose to partake in?

> He'd have been canned for sexual harassments almost instantly today

No he wouldn't. Even in the puritanical America of 2022, relationships with students are perfectly licit as long as you're not currently teaching them.

> The man was a menace to women in science

Nonsense. There hasn't been a single accusation against him for derailing someone's career, preventing them from getting scholarships, or any other abuse of power.

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HPmoni t1_iubxld8 wrote

Eh. James Franco's career isn't what it was a decade ago.

Women hate the power imbalance.

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VeryJoyfulHeart59 t1_iu9tt4g wrote

>There hasn't been a single accusation against him for derailing someone's career, preventing them from getting scholarships, or any other abuse of power.

Mr. Horse, this logic is so wrong.

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SoItWasYouAllAlong t1_iu9v01y wrote

It is weak evidence. However, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, weak evidence is still evidence.

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VeryJoyfulHeart59 t1_iu9wbki wrote

He was a bit before my time, but even in my day I wouldn't have even thought of complaining about such a thing. That's just the way it was.

Edit: typo (would should have been wouldn't)

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SoItWasYouAllAlong t1_iu9yx8v wrote

I can imagine that the practice of filing formal complaints didn't exist. But if Feynman was destroying people's careers, that should have been known to everyone the field. It would have been knowledge of vital importance to his colleagues, not just gossip interest.

Besides, "The man was a menace to women in science": now that is a claim that has not been substantiated in this thread.

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VeryJoyfulHeart59 t1_iua134g wrote

The thing is, it wasn't thought of as destroying a women's career. Those women just didn't build careers.

This is an extreme analogy, but it would be like saying that you destroyed your dog's career.

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SoItWasYouAllAlong t1_iua9lef wrote

Ok, but was the existence of these sexual relations at all correlated to the women's career outcomes? "Frisky Feynman was a menace to women in science", without concrete specifics to support it, sounds to me like the one making the claim doesn't realize that women like sex too. As far as I can tell, Feynman was very handsome and witty.

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