Richard P(hillips) Feynman Quotes

1918 - 1988

USphysicist who shared (1965) the Nobelprize in physics for his work on quantum electrodynamics.

We have a habit in writing articles published in scientific journals to make the work as finished as possible, to cover up all the tracks, to not worryabout the blind alleys or describe how you had the wrong idea first, and so on. So there isn't any place to publish, in a dignified manner, what you actually did in order to do the work.

1966 Nobel lecture.

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If I could explain it to the average person,I wouldn't have been worth the Nobel prize.

Richard P(hillips) Feynman
— 1985 In People Magazine, 22 Jul.

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For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.

Richard P(hillips) Feynman
— 1988 What DoYOU CareWhat Other People Think?

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You know how it always is, every new idea, it takes a generation or two until it becomes obvious that there's no real problem. I cannot define the real problem, therefore I suspect there's no real problem, but I'm not sure there's no real problem.

Richard P(hillips) Feynman
— 1982 Explaining his feelings on quantum mechanics. In the International Journal of Theoretical Physics, vol.21.

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Richard P(hillips) Feynman Quotes

1918 - 1988

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