Jim ottaviani spoke with earthsky about his new book on worldfamous nobel physicist richard feynman, released in hardcover in late august 2011. May 11, 1918 february 15, 1988 was an american theoretical physicist known for his work in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the. No ordinary genius traces feynmans remarkable adventures he was hugely irreverent and always completely honestwith himself, with his colleagues, and with nature. One of their videos is a 10minute presentation called richard feynman, the great explainer, part of. Feynman what do you care what other people think the pleasure of finding things out dont you have time to think. Chronologically reordered omnibus volume of surely youre joking, mr. Richard phillips feynman 19181988 was an american theoretical physicist known for his work in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodynamics, and the physics of the superfluidity of supercooled liquid helium, as well as in particle physics he proposed the parton model. The passages quoted above are from my book digerati, published in 1995, a time when the ideas set forth by danny were technologically implausible. A graduate of art center college of design, michelle is a freelance photographer and spends most of her days taking pictures.
Feynman s passion for learning and for teaching physics was infectious, says krauss. We are grateful to carl feynman and michelle feynman for making this book possible. Danny hillis reminiscing about richard feynman youtube. Even illustrated feynman s expressions tell me his emotions that printed words failed to describe, and hand written words of him miraculously sound as his real voice in my brain. Prior to starting our feynman tuva news feed, we posted news items here. The feynman cult is a funny thing for writing something similar in spirit in my book about how feynman s approach was not the right one for the 1970s developments at the boundary of maths and physics i get these angry rants from crackpots about how dare i say that feynman was not the greatest genius that ever lived, etc, etc, etc, and. The chapters discuss atoms, basic physics, the relation of physics to other sciences, the conservation of energy, gravitation. Feynman, is the editor of perfectly reasonable deviations from the beaten track. Along with his work in theoretical physics, feynman has been credited with pioneering the field of quantum computing and introducing the concept of nanotechnology. You can find more information about these books and purchase them online by following the links below. Danny hillis is an inventor, scientist, author and engineer, and is chairman and cofounder of applied minds. Schweber is professor of physics and richard koret professor in the history of ideas, emeritus, at brandeis university. Danny hillis on richard feynman the long now foundation essays.
All the adventures of a curious character, and six easy pieces. Rescued from obscurity, feynman s lost lecture is a blessing for all feynman followers. Theres plenty of room at the bottom this is the transcript of the classic talk that richard feynman gave on december 29th 1959 at the annual meeting of the american physical society at caltech and was first published in the february 1960 issue of caltechs engineering and science. All evidence indicates that richard feynman was the most quotable physicist of all time. Danny hillis, cofounder of applied minds and author of the pattern on the. Previously, he was vice president and disney fellow at walt disney imagineering and. Feynmans thought, whether it be on a personal matter, such as youth. The quotable feynman kindle edition by feynman, richard p. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the quotable feynman.
His voice will remain influential for many years to come. William daniel danny hillis born september 25, 1956 is an american inventor, entrepreneur, and scientist, who pioneered parallel computers and their use in artificial intelligence. Lec 17 tedxcaltech michelle feynman and christopher sykes fun to imagine. The machine, as we envisioned it, would contain a million tiny computers, all connected by a communications network. Richard feynman and the connection machine the long now. Richard feynman was one of the most famous and important physicists of the second half of the twentieth. Richard feynman and the connection machine mental floss. As a child he was taught by his father to take independent viewpoints on things. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Oct 09, 2011 they are all very good you may read them in any order, except that if you want to read his more advanced lecture notes statistical mechanics, gravitation you will need a solid undergraduate education in physics first.
This baffled the late, great richard feynman, the nobel laureate and father of modern quantum theory. If you want to see the complete series, simply cut and paste his name into the search. One day when i was having lunch with richard feynman, i mentioned to him that i was planning to start a company to build a parallel computer with a million processors. Contributions from many parties have enabled and benefitted the creation of the html edition of the feynman lectures on physics. The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool. Absent from the book was a lecture feynman gave on planetary motion, but a later finding of the notes enabled david goodstein, a colleague of feynmans, to write a book about it. Tolman professorship in theoretical physics at the california institute of technology. I cant tell you should read this comic feynman first, then all those books on him, or vice versa. Richard phillips feynman, formemrs was an american theoretical physicist, known for his. His most original contribution, the pathintegral formulation of quantum mechanics, has turned out to be hugely generative. When i took my sophomorelevel physics class in college in the mid60s, my professor put these feynman books on reserve in the library. Freeman dyson, hans bethe, daniel hillis, marvin minsky. Jun 18, 2014 prior to starting our feynman tuva news feed, we posted news items here.
No ordinary genius traces feynmans remarkable adventures inside and outside science, in words and more than onehundred photographs, many of them supplied by his family and close. Hillis fondly recalls an evening with feynman breaking spaghetti, unsuccessfully trying to discover why it breaks in three pieces. Starting with cm1, the machines were intended originally for applications in artificial intelligence ai and. Feynman s most popular book is surely youre joking, mr. Feynman has 5 books on goodreads with 647300 ratings. In this 7minute video below, danny hillis shares two wonderful short stories about the legendary physicist richard feynman. Tedxcaltech danny hillis reminiscing about richard feynman. One day when i was having lunch with richard feynman, i mentioned to him that i. Further adventures of a curious character by richard phillips feynman and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Top american libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity heritage library childrens library. In this fifth of an informal five part interview with danny hillis, inventor of the connection machine and founder of thinking machines corporation, danny talks about the legacy of the connection. Danny hillis is the founder of thinking machines, the long now foundation, and applied minds.
Weve mentioned the connection machines dataparallel programming style on ltu before, and connection machine lisp remains my alltime favourite paper in computer science. Daniel hillis book 46 editions published between 1998 and 2015 in 9 languages and. Richard feynman 19181988 was one of the greatest physicists of the 20th century. Feynman edited by jeffry robbins foreword by freeman dyson h elix books perseus books.
Life of richard feynman timeline timetoast timelines. Carefully selected by richard feynman s daughter, michelle feynman, from his spoken and written legacy, including interviews, lectures, letters, articles, and books, the quotations are arranged under two dozen topicsfrom art, childhood, discovery, family, imagination, and humor to mathematics, politics, science, religion, and uncertainty. Actually, string theorist john schwarz now occupies richard feynman s old office at caltech but i got feynman s desk caltech has a room devoted to feynman memorabilia, and they really want this desk. Danny hillis project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. His friend danny hillis remembers walking with feynman around this time. In this fifth of an informal five part interview with danny hillis, inventor of the connection machine and founder of thinking machines corporation, danny talks about the legacy of. Richard feynman, 19181988chj and shj humanist of the year the man his career his ideas by dave shafer chj 2. In those days, aristotle knew pretty much everything there was to know. Featured movies all video latest this just in prelinger archives democracy now. Why does uncooked spaghetti snap into more than two pieces when bent. Jim ottavianis graphic novel about richard feynman. This spaghettibreaking problem stumped physicist richard. Hillis is a well known engineer, scientist, and inventor who, in his younger years, was lucky enough to spend a good deal of time with feynman.
Half the fun was explaining things to anyone who would listen. Richard feynman and the connection machine lambda the. Can you provide some information on krausss book on feynman. He had a sister, joan, who like him grew up to be a professional physicist 4. Freeman dyson, hans bethe, daniel hillis, marvin minsky, and john archibald wheeler. Essentials of physics explained by its most brilliant teacher, and more on. May 11, 1918 february 15, 1988 was an american theoretical physicist, known for his work in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodynamics, and the physics of the superfluidity of supercooled liquid helium, as well as in particle physics for which he proposed the parton model. He founded thinking machines corporation, a parallel supercomputer manufacturer, and subsequently was a fellow at walt disney imagineering. Danny hillis, american pioneer of parallel processing computers and the founder of thinking machines corporation. What is the best order to read all books by and about richard.
The part that he was proudest of was the subroutine for computing logarithms. Danny hillis is best known for his connection machine, a massively parallel. Feynmans lectures on physics the law of gravitation. Books by richard feynman the great thinkers website, in association with, the largest bookseller on the web, now offers a collection of books by richard feynman. The simple ideas that make computers work as this enjoyable and important book shows, richard feynman s lucidity lent itself to pithy quotes of substance. Feynmans interest in spaghetti in a 1993 nova program by filmmaker sykes and the 1994 book no ordinary genuis edited by sykes daniel w. This is a collection of scientific papers by richard feynman, renowned for their brilliant content and the authors striking style. The book will be interesting to a wide audience and i expect to reread it with pleasure in the future. An entertaining article by danny hillis about richard feynman s work at thinking machines corporation on the connection machine. With a unique combination of dazzling intellect and touching simplicity, feynman had a passion for physics that was merely the nobel prizewinning part of an immense love of life and everything it could offer.
Eventually, looking for anything that could help me with a difficult course, i went into the library to see what mr. This unscientific age these lectures, given in april 1963, are published here for the first time. All the adventures of a curious character, edited by ralph leighton, w. May 29, 2018 the past month has seen quite a few events and articles celebrating the 100th anniversary of richard feynmans birth see for example here, here, here and here. In 2000, still on the same track, danny wrote the prescient paper aristotle, in which he proposes the knowledge web, again at a time when the technological possibilities did not equal the vision. Oct 02, 2011 best of richard feynman amazing arguments and clever comebacks part 1 duration. The simple ideas that make computers work as this enjoyable and important book shows, richard feynmans lucidity lent itself to pithy quotes of substance.
I have always envied alexander the great, because he had aristotle as a personal tutor. With apples think different ad campaign providing the raw materials, a number of us exthinking machines employees put on our cm1 tshirts and gathered in san francisco to celebrate richard feynman and the cm1. He repaired radios as a youth, as he could figure out what was wrong with them. Carver mead, for his warm encouragement and generous financial support, without which this edition would have been impossible. Life of richard feynman timeline created by derpypotatosquid. The pleasure of finding things out the best short works ofr ichard p. I mention it here not only because it is a clever algorithm, but also because it is a specific contribution richard made to the mainstream of computer science. William daniel danny hillis is an american inventor, entrepreneur, and scientist, who pioneered parallel computers and their use in artificial intelligence. Synopsis this book reprints six chapters from feynmans lectures on physics, which the scientist delivered from 1961 to 1963 at the california institute of technology. Feb 23, 2001 discover book depositorys huge selection of richard p feynman books online. The richard feynman and cm1 tshirt memorial photo shoot. Danny hillis on his friendship with richard feynman. What strikes one most clearly regarding the quotations in this book painstakingly compiled by this nobel prizewinning physicists daughter, michelle feynman, from his many published works, his personal papers that occupy 14 file drawers, and dozens of hours of recorded lectures, is the accessibility of richard p. While researching feynman s lectures, i stumbled on to a fantastic youtube channel called scishow.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. What are the best books in order written about richard feynman. His parents were jewish and from russia and poland. Michelle feynman is the daughter of richard feynman. Feynmans most popular book is surely youre joking, mr. Danny hillis on his friendship with richard feynman tedxcaltech. In the early 1960s, richard feynman gave a series of undergraduate lectures that were collected into a book called the feynman lectures on physics. Danny hillis, cofounder of applied minds and author of the pattern on the stone. Feynman worked out the program for computing hopfields network on the connection machine in some detail.
When feynman was nearing death, he asked his friend and colleague danny hillis why hillis appeared so sad. Feynman was one of the great figures of twentieth century physics, with a big intellectual influence on me and on many generations of particle theorists. Feynman was a keen popularizer of physics through both books and lectures, including a 1959 talk on topdown. An introduction to modern physics and to richard feynman at his witty and enthusiastic best, discussing gravitation, irreversibility, symmetry, and the nature of scientific discovery. But he was continuously flummoxed and frustrated at the fact that reading information through a book was one of the least educationally efficient ways of actually absorbing the material. Even better, aristotle understood the mind of alexander. Sean carroll, caltech as this enjoyable and important book shows, richard feynman s lucidity lent itself to pithy quotes of substance. The connection machine was actually a series of supercomputers. This feynman has everything i have read in all those previous books. Absent from the book was a lecture feynman gave on planetary motion, but a later finding of the notes enabled david goodstein, a colleague of feynman s, to write a book about it. It also was the subject of hilliss book the connection machine, which was. Learn more about hilliss life and career, including his work with disney.
Feynman edited by jeffry robbins foreword by freeman dyson h elix books perseus books cambridge, massachusetts. This spaghettibreaking problem stumped physicist richard feynman. Richard feynman and the connection machine published on sunday, january 15, 01989 31 years, 3 months ago written by danny hillis for physics today. He also founded or cofounded other companies, including applied minds. Anyway, the point of this blog is that hillis wrote an essay for physics today about physicist richard feynman s involvement in the connection machines development and now the article is. More recently, hillis cofounded applied minds and applied invention, an interdisciplinary group of engineers, scientists, and artists. The young feynman richard dick feynman was born may 11, 1918 in far rockaway, queens, ny. As feynman wrote to the german editor of surely youre joking, mr. Nobel prizewinning physicist richard feynman had previously calculated.
1007 16 701 50 1256 1260 978 361 829 579 1104 749 1118 1376 844 988 901 1326 1164 784 689 1129 865 1079 251 56 1473 290 684 672 644 532 431 912 1052 1427 314 1455 1470 1183 305 731 310 812 601 1433 1025 760