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352 I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY PLANS: Feynman to Weisskopf, 4

January to 11 February 1961, WHE.

352 MAYBE GRAVITY IS A WAY: Ibid.

352 A CONFERENCE ON GRAVITATION: Feynman 1963b.

353 SINCE 1916 WE HAVE HAD A SLOW: Quoted in Schucking 1990, 486.

353 THEY TEASED EACH OTHER: Feynman to Gweneth Feynman, n.d., in WDY, 90.

353 WHAT HAVE YOU EVER DONE: Schucking 1990, 483.

353 THE “WORK” IS ALWAYS : Feynman to Gweneth Feynman, n.d., in WDY, 91–92.

354 THE REAL FOUNDATION OF QUANTUM MECHANICS: Gel -Mann 1989a, 54.

354 THERE IS A DEVICE ON THE MARKET: Feynman 1960a, 22–

24.

355 HE ENVISIONED MACHINES THAT WOULD MAKE: The idea of ever-tinier servo-control ed robotic hands had been anticipated by the science fiction writer Robert Heinlein, who cal ed them Waldoes. Cf. Regis 1990, 142.

355 HOW TO BUILD AN AUTOMOBILE: Popular Science Monthly, November 1960, 114.

356 NOT UNTIL 1985 DID FEYNMAN HAVE TO PAY: Thomas H.

Newman to Feynman, 30 January 1986, CIT.

356 BY JUNE, WHEN HE HAD NOT HEARD: Wil iam McLel an, telephone interview; “McLel an Micromotor,” note, CIT.

356 UH-OH: McLel an, interview.

356 HE HAD NEGLECTED TO MAKE ANY ARRANGEMENTS: Feynman to McLel an, 15 November 1960.

357 FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS (IN THE SENSE OF: Feynman 1960a, 22.

357 WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS REAL : Feynman to Ashok Arora, 4 January 1967, CIT.

357 PITH BALLS AND INCLINED PLANES: F-W, 760.

358 1. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT: Beyer and Wil iams 1957.

Cf. Lindsay 1940, Bonner and Phil ips 1957, and Mendenhal et al. 1950.

358 A GENERATION-OLD TEXT BY ITS OWN LUMINARY: Mil ikan et al.

358 SO, WHAT IS OUR OVER-ALL PICTURE: Lectures, I-1–2.

359 IF WATER—WHICH IS NOTHING: Lectures, I-1–9.

359 GUIDE TO THE PERPLEXED: F-W, 762.

359 A TEAM OF CALTECH PHYSICS PROFESSORS: Sands, interview; D. Goodstein 1989, 74.

360 PHYSICS BEFORE 1920: Lectures, I-2–3.

360 NOT THE PROBLEM OF FINDING NEW: Lectures, I-3–9.

360 IT IS THE ANALYSIS OF CIRCULATING: Ibid.

360 WHAT WE REALLY CANNOT DO: Lectures, I-3–10.

360 WELL, THE HOUR IS UP: F-W, 765.

360 HE TIMED HIS DIAGRAMS: Sands, interview.

361 IN THE GRADUAL INCREASE IN THE COMPLEXITY: Lectures, I-4–2.

362 THEY DEPEND UPON HOW: Lectures, I-17–2.

362 EVEN PHYSICISTS FELT THEY WERE LEARNING: Stabler 1967, 48; Lectures, I-20–7.

362 IT IS A WONDERFUL THING: Lectures, I-20–7.

363 THE RATCHET AND PAWL WORKS: Lectures, I-46–9.

363 AS THE MONTHS WENT ON: F-W, 766.

363 I’VE SPOKEN TO SOME: D. Goodstein 1989, 74.

363 IT IS ODD: CPL, 13.

364 GIVE A HUMAN APPROACH: Tord Pramberg to Feynman, 15

November 1966, and Feynman to Tord Pramberg, 4

January 1966, CIT.

364 WHEN YOU HAVE LEARNED: Feynman to Ashok Arora, 4

January 1967, CIT.

364 WITH THIS QUESTION PHILOSOPHY BEGAN: Heidegger 1959, 20.

365 ALL SATELLITES TRAVEL: CPL, 19.

365 THAT IS THE SAME: Ibid., 33.

365 EXACTLY THE SAME LAW: Ibid., 34.

365 MEANWHILE, WHY DOES AN OBJECT: Ibid., 19.

366 SCIENCE REPUDIATES PHILOSOPHY: Quoted in Ziman 1978, 1.

366 NONE OF THE ENTITIES THAT APPEAR: Park 1988, xx.

366 LIKE TOURISTS MOVING IN: CPL, 173.

366 QUESTIONS ABOUT A THEORY: Slater, “Electrodynamics of Ponderable Bodies,” Journal of the Franklin institute 225 (1938):277. Quoted by Schweber, forthcoming.

366 AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE LAW: CPL, 169.

367 AFTERWARD, MURRAY GELL-MANN “COUNTERED”: SYJ, 290.

367 THEY COUNTED A CERTAIN NUMBER: CPL, 169.

367 “YES,” SAYS THE ASTRONOMER: Ibid., 170.

368 TO DYSON’S ASTONISHMENT: Dyson to his parents, October 1948.

368 OH, NO, IT’S NOT SERIOUS: Dyson, interview; Dyson 1990.

368 HIS MOTIVATION WAS TO DISCOVER: Dyson 1990, 210.

368 DIFFERENT IDEAS FOR GUESSING: CPL, 168.

369 TO GET SOMETHING THAT WOULD PRODUCE: Ibid., 169.

369 WHAT CAN YOU EXPLAIN: Stephen Wolfram, telephone interview.

369 IF YOU GET HOLD OF TWO MAGNETS: Untitled videotape, n.d., recorded for the British Broadcasting Corporation.

371 I THINK THAT FOR SCIENTIFIC: Quine 1987, 109. 371 THE

POST-SCHOLASTIC ERA: Ziman 1992.

371 THE SCIENTIST HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE: Feynman 1955c, 14.

372 GREAT VALUE OF A SATISFACTORY PHILOSOPHY : Notes, “The Uncertainty of Science,” PERS.

372 THE KIND OF A PERSONAL GOD : Dan L. Thrapp, “Science, Religion Conflict Traced,” Los Angeles Times, 30 June 1956. Cf. Feynman 1956a.

372 IT DOESN’T SEEM TO ME: Interview for “Viewpoint,” with Bil Stout, transcript, CIT. Feynman complained to the station: “It was said at one time that my views might antagonize people…. I consider your refusal to utilize the program recorded with me as a direct censorship of the expression of my views.” Feynman to Bil Whitley, 14 May 1959, CIT.

372 THE GROUND OF ALL THAT IS: Polkinghorne 1990.

373 POETS SAY SCIENCE TAKES AWAY: Lectures, I-3–6 n.

373 I HAVE ARGUED FLYING SAUCERS: Feynman 1963c, 62.

373 IF IT’S NOT A MIRACLE: Ibid., 64.

374 ORANGE BALLS OF LIGHT: Ibid., 61.

374 I HAD THE MOST REMARKABLE EXPERIENCE: Ibid., 66.

374 I WAS UPSTAIRS TYPEWRITING: Ibid.

375 A DESK-THUMPING, FOOT-STAMPING SHOUT: Fine 1991, 271.

375 A DESK-THUMPING, FOOT-STAMPING SHOUT: Fine 1991, 271.

375 THE GREAT LESSON OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY: Ibid., 274.

376 THE NOBEL COMMITTEE HAS AWARDED : “Nobel Prize for Einstein,” New York Times, 10 November 1922, 4.

376 AS THE NE PLUS ULTRA OF HONORS: Zuckerman 1977, 11.

377 EACH FALL, AS THE ANNOUNCEMENT NEARED : “I always thought—I mean, I thought that there was a possibility that I might get a Nobel prize, because 1 thought somebody might think the work in helium, or maybe the beta decay, or even the electrodynamics might be something for the Nobel prize…. Each year when the Nobel prize talking comes around, of course you half think, maybe it’s possible.” F-W, 800–801.

3 7 8 THE WESTERN UNION “TELEFAX": Erik Rundberg to Feynman, 21 October 1965, PERS.

378 THE FIRST CALL HAD COME: F-W, 801; “Dr. Richard Feynman

Nobel

Laureate!” California Tech, 22

October 1965, 1.

378 WILL YOU PLEASE TELL US: F-W, 804.

378 WHAT APPLICATIONS DOES THIS PAPER : “Dr. Richard Feynman Nobel Laureate!” 378 LISTEN, BUDDY, IF I COULD

TELL YOU: F-W, 804.

378 JULIAN SCHWINGER CALLED: Schwinger, interview.

378 I THOUGHT YOU WOULD BE HAPPY: Feynman to Lucil e Feynman, n.d., PERS.

379 [FEYNMAN:] CONGRATULATIONS: “Dr. Richard Feynman Nobel Laureate!” 379 THERE WERE CABLES FROM

SHIPBOARD: F-W, 806.

379 HE PRACTICED JUMPING BACKWARD: Ibid., 808–9.

380 FEYNMAN REALIZED THAT HE HAD NEVER READ: Ibid., 812.

380 HE BELIEVED THAT HISTORIANS: Feynman 1965a.

380 WE HAVE A HABIT IN WRITING: Ibid.

380 AS I WAS STUPID: Ibid.

381 THE CHANCE IS HIGH: Feynman 1965c.

381 I DISCOVERED A GREAT DIFFICULTY: Ibid.

382 THE ODDS THAT YOUR THEORY: Feynman 1965a.

382 DR. CRICK THANKS YOU: Quoted in Zuckerman 1977, 224.

383 MR. FEYNMAN WILL PAY THE SUM: Giuseppe Cocconi to Victor F. Weisskopf, 2 February 1976, CIT

383 HE BEGAN BY SCRIBBLING A NOTE: Feynman to B. L.

Kropp, 9 November 1960, CIT.

383 MY DESIRE TO RESIGN: Feynman to Detlev W. Bronk, 10

August 1961. CIT.

384 THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS: Detlev W. Bronk to Feynman, 26 October 1961, CIT.

384 SUPPOSE THAT WE TRULY: Philip Handler to Feynman, 25

June 1969, CIT.

384 I HAVE YOUR SOMEWHAT CRYPTIC NOTE: Philip Handler to Feynman, 31 July 1969, CIT.