By Richard P. Feynman, Ralph Leighton
Richard P Feynman - "What Do You Care What folks Think?"
Further Adventures of a Curious Character
Richard Feynman -- Nobel Laureate, instructor, icon and genius -- possessed an unquenchable thirst for event and an exceptional reward for telling the extreme tales of his existence. during this number of brief items and memories he describes every thing from his love of attractiveness to school pranks to how his father taught him to imagine. he's taking us behind the curtain of the distance trip Challenger research, the place he dramatically published the reason for the catastrophe with an easy test. And he tells us of ways he met his cherished first spouse Arlene, and their short time jointly earlier than her dying. occasionally intensely relocating, occasionally humorous, those writings are infused with Feynman's interest and fervour for all times.
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You’re disturbed,’ I say. ‘And you should know that I conclusively ruled out “psycho killer” when Ivan captured a cockroach from his apartment and let it out in the backyard. ’ Anna pushes a fork around in the last few bites of her goat cheese and caramelised onion tart, stalling for a moment while she works up a new angle. ‘You’ll be stuck on a boat together day and night,’ she says. ‘You’ll get cabin fever. That’s what happens when people are locked up in small, confined spaces. ’ ‘I love small, cozy spaces.
I try to let him know with a smile that I’m okay, but I’m unable to relax the crease of worry between my eyebrows. It’s already October, which means I have only two and a half months left before I’m due to head home. Only now, I’m so deeply entrenched in this ‘fling’ that going home feels unimaginably complicated. ‘We’ll see dolphins,’ he says, trying to cheer me up. ’ For some reason, this is calming to hear, perhaps because I’ve heard that where there are dolphins, there are no sharks. ’ he asks.
Anna says, slamming down her cup, sending her cappuccino foam into a slosh. As a psychology major, when Anna uses the word ‘crazy’, it bites. ‘You’ve known each other for… what? Seven months? ’ ‘Seven and a half,’ I say, shrieking above the clamor of the café. ‘And no, I’m not going. I’m just saying that maybe I should, I dunno, consider it. ’ ‘Just the Pacific Ocean? Dude, that’s only, like, the biggest ocean on the planet. What’s wrong with you? ’ She pulls her light brown hair into a tight ponytail – something she does when she’s tense.