Richard Feynman playing bongos

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Cites Nevaeh · 2012-06 · on “Feynman's Clock”

Good read, but there's so much more to the story. His book "What do you care what other people think" is a homage to Arlene, partly because Feynman made the fatal mistake of trusting the doctor's judgement to disregard the blatantly obvious diagnosis. He wrote about his experience in much more detail here: Part 1: [LINK] Part 2: [LINK] He was depressed for a while but eventually his love for physics helped him recover. Feynman is the most logical and happiest human I have ever seen. Hans Bethe once said, "Feynman depressed is just a little more cheerful then any other person when he is exuberant." Feynman's magnificent exuberance and puzzle solving enthusiasm remained up until his last days,

Cites Nevaeh · 2012-06 · on “Richard Feynman’s Caltech Graduation Address on Integrity ”

"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself--and you are the easiest person to fool. So you have to be very careful about that." Upon reading this paragraph, I was reminded of his book "What do you care what other people think", which was a homage to Arlene, partly because Feynman made the fatal mistake of trusting the doctor's judgement to disregard the blatantly obvious diagnosis. He wrote about his experience in much more detail here: Part 1: [LINK] Part 2: [LINK] --------------------------------------------------------- //Comments below are irrelevant to the thread, I just felt like sharing. Feynman was depressed for a while but eventually his love for physics helped him reco