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346 S
O THIS IS HOW WE’RE STARTING LIFE
: Gweneth Feynman, interview.

346 M
URRAY
G
ELL
-M
ANN, WHO HAD MARRIED
: Gell-Mann 1989a, 50.

346 A
N IMAGE LODGED IN
G
ELL
-M
ANN’S MEMORY
: Ibid.

347 H
ELLO, MY SWEETHEART
: Feynman to Gweneth Feynman, 11 October 1961, PERS.

347 A
GE IS, OF COURSE, A FEVER CHILL
: E.g. Kragh 1989, 347n.

348 T
O CONVEY A SENSE OF HOW “DELICATELY"
: QED, 7.

348 W
E HAVE BEEN COMPUTING TERMS
: Feynman 1961a, 17.

348 N
OTE THE CUNNING OF REASON AT WORK
: Schweber, forthcoming.

348 W
E VERY MUCH NEED A GUIDING PRINCIPLE
: Weinberg 1977a, 33.

348 “
DIPPY” AND “A SHELL GAME"
: QED, 128.

349 T
HE ELECTRON DISTORTS THE LATTICE
: Feynman 1955a; Feynman et al. 1962.

349 H
IS
C
ALTECH SALARY
: Salary records, Lee DuBridge papers, CIT.

349 H
E STARTED TELLING PEOPLE
: Susman, personal communication.

349 F
EYNMAN TOLD HIMSELF THAT HE WOULD GO
: F-W, 751.

349 F
EYNMAN BEGAN IN THE SUMMER
: Notebook, “Biochemical Techniques,” CIT; F-W, 751.

350
UNDERSTANDING WHEN A THING IS REALLY KNOWN
: F-W, 753.

350 H
E FOCUSED ON A PARTICULAR MUTATION
: Benzer 1962; Crick 1962; Crick 1966.

350 F
EYNMAN COMPARED FINDING
: Susman, personal communication.

350 F
RIENDS OF HIS IN THE LABORATORY
: Robert Sinsheimer to Feynman, n.d., “Dear Feyntron … ,” CIT; “Mutual Suppression of rII Mutants of Bacteriophage T4D,” draft by Robert Sinsheimer, CIT. F-W, 752: “I knew they were very interesting and unusual, but I didn’t write it up.” He did contribute to a group paper in
Genetics,
however: Edgar, Feynman, et al. 1961.

351 T
HE SPECIALISTS HAD AN ADVANTAGE
: Crick et al. 1961; Crick 1962.

351 T
HE STORY OF THE GENETIC CODE
: Crick 1966, 55–56.

351
QUANTUM-MECHANICAL SMEARING OF SPACE-TIME
: Gell-Mann 1989a, 53.

352 T
HE GRAVITATIONAL FORCE IS WEAK
: Alexander J. Glass, letter to
Physics Today,
May 1988, 136.

352 I
HAVE NOT SEEN ANY PLANS
: Feynman to Weisskopf, 4 January to 11 February 1961, WHE.

352 M
AYBE GRAVITY IS A WAY
: Ibid.

352
A CONFERENCE ON GRAVITATION
: Feynman 1963b.

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

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

353 W
HAT HAVE YOU EVER DONE
: Schucking 1990, 483.

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

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

354 T
HERE IS A DEVICE ON THE MARKET
: Feynman 1960a, 22–24.

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

355 H
OW TO
B
UILD AN
A
UTOMOBILE
:
Popular Science Monthly,
November 1960, 114.

356 N
OT UNTIL
1985
DID
F
EYNMAN HAVE TO PAY
: Thomas H. Newman to Feynman, 30 January 1986, CIT.

356 B
Y
J
UNE, WHEN HE HAD NOT HEARD
: William McLellan, telephone interview; “McLellan Micromotor,” note, CIT.

356 U
H-OH
: McLellan, interview.

356 H
E HAD NEGLECTED TO MAKE ANY ARRANGEMENTS
: Feynman to McLellan, 15 November 1960.

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

357 W
HAT 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. H
ISTORICAL
D
EVELOPMENT
: Beyer and Williams 1957. Cf. Lindsay 1940, Bonner and Phillips 1957, and Mendenhall et al. 1950.

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

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

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

359 G
UIDE TO THE
P
ERPLEXED
: F-W, 762.

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

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

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

360 I
T IS THE ANALYSIS OF CIRCULATING
: Ibid.

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

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

360 H
E TIMED HIS DIAGRAMS
: Sands, interview.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

363 I
T 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 W
HEN YOU HAVE LEARNED
: Feynman to Ashok Arora, 4 January 1967, CIT.

364 W
ITH THIS QUESTION PHILOSOPHY BEGAN
: Heidegger 1959, 20.

365 A
LL SATELLITES TRAVEL
: CPL, 19.

365 T
HAT IS THE SAME
: Ibid., 33.

365 E
XACTLY THE SAME LAW
: Ibid., 34.

365 M
EANWHILE, WHY DOES AN OBJECT
: Ibid., 19.

366 S
CIENCE REPUDIATES PHILOSOPHY
: Quoted in Ziman 1978, 1.

366 N
ONE OF THE ENTITIES THAT APPEAR
: Park 1988, xx.

366
LIKE TOURISTS MOVING IN
: CPL, 173.

366 Q
UESTIONS 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 A
FTERWARD
, M
URRAY
G
ELL
-M
ANN “COUNTERED”
: SYJ, 290.

367 T
HEY COUNTED A CERTAIN NUMBER
: CPL, 169.

367 “Y
ES,” SAYS THE ASTRONOMER
: Ibid., 170.

368 T
O
D
YSON’S ASTONISHMENT
: Dyson to his parents, October 1948.

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

368 H
IS MOTIVATION WAS TO DISCOVER
: Dyson 1990, 210.

368
DIFFERENT IDEAS FOR GUESSING
: CPL, 168.

369 T
O GET SOMETHING THAT WOULD PRODUCE
: Ibid., 169.

369 W
HAT CAN YOU EXPLAIN
: Stephen Wolfram, telephone interview.

369 I
F 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 T
HE SCIENTIST HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE
: Feynman 1955c, 14.

372 G
REAT 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 I
T DOESN’T SEEM TO ME
: Interview for “Viewpoint,” with Bill 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 Bill Whitley, 14 May 1959, CIT.

372
THE GROUND OF ALL THAT IS
: Polkinghorne 1990.

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

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

373 I
F 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
THE GREAT LESSON OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY
: Ibid., 274.

376 T
HE
N
OBEL
C
OMMITTEE HAS AWARDED
: “Nobel Prize for Einstein,”
New York Times,
10 November 1922, 4.

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

377 E
ACH 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.

378
THE
W
ESTERN
U
NION “TELEFAX"
: Erik Rundberg to Feynman, 21 October 1965, PERS.

378 T
HE FIRST CALL HAD COME
: F-W, 801; “Dr. Richard Feynman Nobel Laureate!”
California Tech,
22 October 1965, 1.

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

378 W
HAT APPLICATIONS DOES THIS PAPER
: “Dr. Richard Feynman Nobel Laureate!” 378 L
ISTEN, BUDDY, IF
I
COULD TELL YOU
: F-W, 804.

378 J
ULIAN
S
CHWINGER CALLED
: Schwinger, interview.

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

379 [F
EYNMAN
:] C
ONGRATULATIONS
: “Dr. Richard Feynman Nobel Laureate!” 379 T
HERE WERE CABLES FROM SHIPBOARD
: F-W, 806.

379 H
E PRACTICED JUMPING BACKWARD
: Ibid., 808–9.

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

380 H
E BELIEVED THAT HISTORIANS
: Feynman 1965a.

380 W
E HAVE A HABIT IN WRITING
: Ibid.

380
AS
I
WAS STUPID
: Ibid.

381 T
HE CHANCE IS HIGH
: Feynman 1965c.

381 I
DISCOVERED A GREAT DIFFICULTY
: Ibid.

382 T
HE ODDS THAT YOUR THEORY
: Feynman 1965a.

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

383 M
R.
F
EYNMAN WILL PAY THE SUM
: Giuseppe Cocconi to Victor F. Weisskopf, 2 February 1976, CIT

383 H
E BEGAN BY SCRIBBLING A NOTE
: Feynman to B. L. Kropp, 9 November 1960, CIT.

383 M
Y DESIRE TO RESIGN
: Feynman to Detlev W. Bronk, 10 August 1961. CIT.

384 T
HANK 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.

384 H
E TURNED DOWN HONORARY DEGREES
: George W. Beadle to Feynman, 4 January 1967, and William J. McGill to Feynman, 16 February 1976, CIT.

384
INTRODUCE
A
DRAFT OF FRESH AIR
: Martin Mann to Feynman, 13 September 1962, and reply, CIT.

384 H
E REFUSED TO SIGN PETITIONS
: E.g., Feynman to Margaret Gardiner, 15 May 1967, CIT.

385 T
HE COMMENT YOU SENT BACK WITH OUR QUESTIONNAIRE
: R. Hobart Ellis, Jr., to Feynman, 25 August 1966, and reply, CIT.

385 F
EYNMAN HID BEHIND HER DOOR
: Helen Tuck, interview, Pasadena.

385 A
DISCRETIONARY KITTY
: Goldberger, interview.

386 I
T MUST HAVE BEEN VERY DIFFICULT
: Holton, interview.

386 H
ANS BETHE TURNED SIXTY
: R. E. Marshak to Feynman, 11 May 1965, and reply, CIT.

386 D
ON’T LET ANYBODY CRITICIZE
: Feynman to James D. Watson, 10 February 1967, CIT.