Soon, at Fermilab: Diagrams and Throat Singing and Mysterious Guests from Afar

Apr 07, 2014 20:20

I don't know how to explain this. It's multiple things, all tangled up into a ball. But clearly I need to tell you about it.

1. Feynman.

Let's start with Richard Feynman (1918-1988). Perhaps you know of him. Physicist, Caltech teacher, Nobel Prize winner, legendary storyteller. Bongo drums, safecracking, and so forth.

2. The Diagrams.As a ( Read more... )

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zelda888 April 9 2014, 06:19:25 UTC
Blargh. Every third word in this house is Edward Tufte (I exaggerate, of course, but Eric in particular is a huge fan), and neither of us can go see him. Eric's going to be traveling, and I offered to go shake the man's hand and then not wash at least until Eric got home, but of course I'll be at work at that hour. Darn.

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mbumby April 9 2014, 15:55:50 UTC
Very cool. Longlong time ago I bought &/or borrowed the books, and mail-ordered a few packets of things that surely included CDs and maybe stamps too.

Enjoy!

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