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When Richard Feynman was in school he would daydream a lot. I remember a story he told in his autobiography about being in a class in school looking at water running from a faucet and thinking about the curve that water makes as the stream gets thinner. Because he was totally obsessed with math and the natural world, he figured out the equation that would describe that curve.
Feynman also had a lock-picking habit. If someone he knew couldn't open a safe, he'd go lock himself in the room with the safe and crack it in a few minutes and then sit there reading the paper for an hour so that people wouldn't know how easy it was.
I've read transcripts of these interviews, but it's really great to see them! I think every maker can relate to trying to put two sticks together to reach a banana! [via]
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Jul 31, 2006 10:19 PM
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| Posted by: RonGiuntini on July 31, 2006 at 11:06 PM |
Thank you for this video...I saw it years ago, and never could locate it after that...Ron
| Posted by: blindrage on July 31, 2006 at 11:21 PM |
Dr. Feynman and his eccentric genius are sorely missed. More clever and interesting than Einstein, and able to explain the most advanced concepts to all of us laypeople. He was the very epitome of the human endeavor.
| Posted by: blindrage on July 31, 2006 at 11:22 PM |
Dr. Feynman and his eccentric genius are sorely missed. More clever and interesting than Einstein, and able to explain the most advanced concepts to all of us laypeople. He was the very epitome of the human endeavor.
| Posted by: mwproductions on August 1, 2006 at 9:00 AM |
Wow, thanks for sharing this. He's right, sometimes you really do just need to stop and think. -)
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