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The Feynman Notebook Method

The Feynman Notebook Method

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Feynman path integral

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The Most Interesting Man in the World

One of the most colorful characters of modern science, and a man we will examine today: Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman. By the way, Caltech has its own Feynman section in their book store (above). 

We will start (and end) with a Feynman quote:

“What I am going to tell you about is what we teach our physics students in the third or fourth year of graduate school... It is my task to convince you not to turn away because you don't understand it. You see my physics students don't understand it... That is because I don't understand it. Nobody does.” 

Feynman was known as the "Great Explainer" and was famous for explaining to students or anyone otherwise complex physical phenomena in a way that he saw was conceptually accessible. In fact, I plan on doing a bit of an annotated version of his famous Feynmann Lectures on Physics. More of that particular topic to come in the coming months (who knows, years?). 

Richard Feynman proved his worth during graduate school, where he wrote his dissertation on a reformulation of the treatment of quantum mechanics, using an implicit and beautiful formulation to get to quantum theory. I may or may not attempt to explain further when we cross that bridge into quantum mechanical behavior.

Feynman also worked on the Manhattan Project, where he found the work as a junior physicist boring, and he resorted to playing pranks, like trying to crack the combination locks of his colleagues, and he actually succeeded after thinking that physicists would choose "nerdy" combinations, like e = 2.71828..., and left the physicists notes like a spy. 

He really is a fascinating man who we owe a lot of modern physics to. You should read more about him here if interested. He also has several books written by him (I recommend Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!), as well as others who popularize his legacy.

“Fall in love with some activity, and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn't matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough. Work as hard and as much as you want to on the things you like to do the best. Don't think about what you want to be, but what you want to do. Keep up some kind of a minimum with other things so that society doesn't stop you from doing anything at all.” 

Richard Feynman