Book: Joy of knowledge
My prize is the pleasure of knowing the essence of things, the thrill of the discovery made. It is important for me to know that other people enjoy the fruits of my labor. That's what is essential, and the awards are so ... someone's invention. I don't trust awards; awards, damn it, bother, awards are visibility, like epaulettes, like a beautiful military uniform. My father explained it to me that way.
Quote Explanation: Feynman was awarded the Nobel Prize for his work on quantum electrodynamics
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MegaMozg 24-06-2022 / 07:18
But I remember sitting with my mother in a restaurant in New York just after (Hiroshima), peering into the city, and knowing how big the Hiroshima bomb was and what a huge area it destroyed, in fact, knowing everything about it, I suddenly thought : “What if we drop it around 34th Street?” It will cover the area where we are sitting - I think it was 59th Street - and all the people will be killed, all the buildings will be destroyed, and there are more than one such bomb. It is easy to continue their production - and all life on earth will be doomed. This thought occurred to me very early, earlier than other, more optimistic people.
Quote Explanation: Feynman in 1943-1945 was one of the developers of the atomic bomb at Los Alamos
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... I have adopted a new principle, which is that I do not bear any responsibility for what others expect of me. I don't have to be good because I'm expected to be.
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