The book will be interesting to a wide audience and i expect to reread it with pleasure in the future. Prior to starting our feynman tuva news feed, we posted news items here. This spaghettibreaking problem stumped physicist richard feynman. 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. 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 simple ideas that make computers work as this enjoyable and important book shows, richard feynman s lucidity lent itself to pithy quotes of substance.
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. Feynman what do you care what other people think the pleasure of finding things out dont you have time to think. 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. Sean carroll, caltech as this enjoyable and important book shows, richard feynman s lucidity lent itself to pithy quotes of substance. Essentials of physics explained by its most brilliant teacher, and more on. Danny hillis is the founder of thinking machines, the long now foundation, and applied minds. 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. What are the best books in order written about richard feynman. He founded thinking machines corporation, a parallel supercomputer manufacturer, and subsequently was a fellow at walt disney imagineering. 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. You can find more information about these books and purchase them online by following the links below. Featured movies all video latest this just in prelinger archives democracy now.
William daniel danny hillis is an american inventor, entrepreneur, and scientist, who pioneered parallel computers and their use in artificial intelligence. The chapters discuss atoms, basic physics, the relation of physics to other sciences, the conservation of energy, gravitation. If richard feynman had not existed it would not be possible to create him. The young feynman richard dick feynman was born may 11, 1918 in far rockaway, queens, ny. Feynmans interest in spaghetti in a 1993 nova program by filmmaker sykes and the 1994 book no ordinary genuis edited by sykes daniel w.
Danny hillis, cofounder of applied minds and author of the pattern on the stone. 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. 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 on his friendship with richard feynman. Oct 02, 2011 best of richard feynman amazing arguments and clever comebacks part 1 duration. Freeman dyson, hans bethe, daniel hillis, marvin minsky. Richard feynman and the connection machine mental floss. Richard feynman and the connection machine lambda the. Richard feynman was one of the most famous and important physicists of the second half of the twentieth. Top american libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity heritage library childrens library. His voice will remain influential for many years to come. 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. Michelle feynman is the daughter of richard feynman.
No ordinary genius traces feynmans remarkable adventures he was hugely irreverent and always completely honestwith himself, with his colleagues, and with nature. Feb 23, 2001 discover book depositorys huge selection of richard p feynman books online. 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. Feynmans most popular book is surely youre joking, mr. Lec 17 tedxcaltech michelle feynman and christopher sykes fun to imagine. Freeman dyson, hans bethe, daniel hillis, marvin minsky, and john archibald wheeler. Feynmans thought, whether it be on a personal matter, such as youth. If you want to see the complete series, simply cut and paste his name into the search. Previously, he was vice president and disney fellow at walt disney imagineering and. 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. Jim ottaviani spoke with earthsky about his new book on worldfamous nobel physicist richard feynman, released in hardcover in late august 2011.
Danny hillis reminiscing about richard feynman youtube. Why does uncooked spaghetti snap into more than two pieces when bent. When i took my sophomorelevel physics class in college in the mid60s, my professor put these feynman books on reserve in the library. Learn more about hilliss life and career, including his work with disney. 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. 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. When feynman was nearing death, he asked his friend and colleague danny hillis why hillis appeared so sad. We are grateful to carl feynman and michelle feynman for making this book possible. In this 7minute video below, danny hillis shares two wonderful short stories about the legendary physicist richard feynman. The part that he was proudest of was the subroutine for computing logarithms. Weve mentioned the connection machines dataparallel programming style on ltu before, and connection machine lisp remains my alltime favourite paper in computer science. Feynman edited by jeffry robbins foreword by freeman dyson h elix books perseus books cambridge, massachusetts. 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 pleasure of finding things out the best short works ofr ichard p. What is the best order to read all books by and about richard. Danny hillis is an inventor, scientist, author and engineer, and is chairman and cofounder of applied minds. In the early 1960s, richard feynman gave a series of undergraduate lectures that were collected into a book called the feynman lectures on physics. Starting with cm1, the machines were intended originally for applications in artificial intelligence ai and. This is a collection of scientific papers by richard feynman, renowned for their brilliant content and the authors striking style. Danny hillis, cofounder of applied minds and author of the pattern on the. May 11, 1918 february 15, 1988 was an american theoretical physicist known for his work in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the. 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. 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. Jun 18, 2014 prior to starting our feynman tuva news feed, we posted news items here. Feynman worked out the program for computing hopfields network on the connection machine in some detail. He also founded or cofounded other companies, including applied minds.
Danny hillis on his friendship with richard feynman tedxcaltech. His most original contribution, the pathintegral formulation of quantum mechanics, has turned out to be hugely generative. The richard feynman and cm1 tshirt memorial photo shoot. 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. Richard feynman 19181988 was one of the greatest physicists of the 20th century.
The connection machine was actually a series of supercomputers. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Jim ottavianis graphic novel about richard feynman. Life of richard feynman timeline created by derpypotatosquid.
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. Feynman s passion for learning and for teaching physics was infectious, says krauss. This unscientific age these lectures, given in april 1963, are published here for the first time. 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.
Can you provide some information on krausss book on feynman. All the adventures of a curious character, and six easy pieces. I cant tell you should read this comic feynman first, then all those books on him, or vice versa. 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. Feynmans lectures on physics the law of gravitation.
Even better, aristotle understood the mind of alexander. This baffled the late, great richard feynman, the nobel laureate and father of modern quantum theory. The passages quoted above are from my book digerati, published in 1995, a time when the ideas set forth by danny were technologically implausible. This spaghettibreaking problem stumped physicist richard. He repaired radios as a youth, as he could figure out what was wrong with them. 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. 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.
Tedxcaltech danny hillis reminiscing about richard feynman. The quotable feynman kindle edition by feynman, richard p. Feynman has 5 books on goodreads with 647300 ratings. 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. 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. Richard feynman, 19181988chj and shj humanist of the year the man his career his ideas by dave shafer chj 2. Danny hillis, american pioneer of parallel processing computers and the founder of thinking machines corporation. Richard feynman was born in 1918 and grew up in far rockaway, queens. As feynman wrote to the german editor of surely youre joking, mr. Tolman professorship in theoretical physics at the california institute of technology. This collection is a vivid demonstration of his wit, wisdom, and unquenchable passion for finding things out. Feynman, is the editor of perfectly reasonable deviations from the beaten track.
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. As a child he was taught by his father to take independent viewpoints on things. Richard feynman and the connection machine the long now. Danny hillis project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Hillis fondly recalls an evening with feynman breaking spaghetti, unsuccessfully trying to discover why it breaks in three pieces. The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool. This feynman has everything i have read in all those previous books. The simple ideas that make computers work as this enjoyable and important book shows, richard feynmans lucidity lent itself to pithy quotes of substance. Feynman was a keen popularizer of physics through both books and lectures, including a 1959 talk on topdown.
Along with his work in theoretical physics, feynman has been credited with pioneering the field of quantum computing and introducing the concept of nanotechnology. It also was the subject of hilliss book the connection machine, which was. Half the fun was explaining things to anyone who would listen. 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. Daniel hillis book 46 editions published between 1998 and 2015 in 9 languages and.
I have always envied alexander the great, because he had aristotle as a personal tutor. Chronologically reordered omnibus volume of surely youre joking, mr. Eventually, looking for anything that could help me with a difficult course, i went into the library to see what mr. The machine, as we envisioned it, would contain a million tiny computers, all connected by a communications network. 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. Life of richard feynman timeline timetoast timelines. I was trying to design a computer fast enough to solve common sense reasoning problems. Feynman 19181988 was a professor at cornell university and caltech and received the nobel prize for physics in 1965. While researching feynman s lectures, i stumbled on to a fantastic youtube channel called scishow.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. In those days, aristotle knew pretty much everything there was to know. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the quotable feynman. All evidence indicates that richard feynman was the most quotable physicist of all time. Danny hillis is best known for his connection machine, a massively parallel. A graduate of art center college of design, michelle is a freelance photographer and spends most of her days taking pictures. 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. His friend danny hillis remembers walking with feynman around this time. Richard feynman and the connection machine published on sunday, january 15, 01989 31 years, 3 months ago written by danny hillis for physics today. An entertaining article by danny hillis about richard feynman s work at thinking machines corporation on the connection machine. Further adventures of a curious character by richard phillips feynman and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. All the adventures of a curious character, edited by ralph leighton, w. He had a sister, joan, who like him grew up to be a professional physicist 4. Feynman s most popular book is surely youre joking, mr.
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