Feynman and Reading
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Published 2009-03-02
All Comments (21)
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A good father can make a difference in a child's life .
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he looks so happy just thinking about the time he spent with his dad. Good man.
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One thing I took away from reading Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman is that Feynman always tried to understand things on as simple of a level as he could. I bet that this helped him to achieve all he did.
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Richard was a fine man
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Everybody should be lucky enough to have parents like that. The world would be a much happier place.
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Parenting - You're doin' it right.
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I think translating is the key to understanding, too. Feynman talks about translating the size of a dinosaur into terms a child can understand, and the same is true about translating into another language: in order to translate well, you have to really think about and understand the meaning of all the words you just moved your eyes over before.
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God what an amazing fucking human Richard Feynman was
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Don’t get me wrong, I love podcasts and blogs, but it’s more rewarding and helpful hearing and seeing people, like Feynman, share their wisdom, than hearing or reading about it from someone else.
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1:19 the way he said it was so nice like a grandfather talking with his grandchild.
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Such a humble spirit belies an intellect that towers way above most mortal men......
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As amazing as the internet is i still love books. Easy to open and not prone too electrical/technical failures. As a kid I had about twenty E.Britannicas open at once in my parents place trying to study history of the Romans. Feynman is thrilled by the world and the majesty of nature... as it should be.
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After watching only a couple of these interviews, I can say that he is my biggest influence. Sums up all of my thinking into a couple of words. It is about translating it into the world that you know. That's the pleasure of it.
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Teachers like him plays a great role in development of world we're living in
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In the 1950's my parents had an Encyclopedia Britannica in our household, along with the My Book House children's literature, fairy tales and myths. A wonderful base to explore the rest of life from.
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If our parents hadn't failed many of us would've probably ended up like him. Seeing the world wholly with a healthier well-developed brain that's been shaped correctly from an early age. This depresses me when I compare it to my childhood.
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Reading with imagination is a magic trick to understand things in detail...
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Incredible. I didn't know he had this from his father. I've come across Richard Feynman over 6 years ago now and I have to admit, that changed my life.
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Fascinating, I can see how this fits in with the "Feynman Technique".
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Well, this explains how he came up with Feynman diagrams!
