The Brilliant Mr. Feynman
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What happens when an existentially depressed and recently widowed young physicist from Queens gets a fresh start in California? We follow Richard Feynman out west, to explore his long and extremely fruitful second act. (Part two of a three-part series).)

• SOURCES:

• Seamus Blackley), video game designer and creator of the Xbox.

• Carl Feynman), computer scientist and son of Richard Feynman.

• Michelle Feynman), photographer and daughter of Richard Feynman.

• Ralph Leighton), biographer and film producer.

• Charles Mann), science journalist and author.

• John Preskill), professor of theoretical physics at the California Institute of Technology.

• Lisa Randall), professor of theoretical particle physics and cosmology at Harvard University.

• Christopher Sykes), documentary filmmaker.

• Stephen Wolfram), founder and C.E.O. of Wolfram Research; creator of Mathematica, Wolfram|Alpha, and the Wolfram Language.

• Alan Zorthian), architect.

• RESOURCES:

• "Love After Life: Nobel-Winning Physicist Richard Feynman’s Extraordinary Letter to His Departed Wife)," by Maria Popova (*The Marginalian, *2017).

• Quantum Man: Richard Feynman's Life in Science)*, *by Lawrence M. Krauss (2011).

• The Pleasure of Finding Things Out)*, *by Richard Feynman (1999).

• Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman)*, *by James Gleick (1992).

• "G. Feynman; Landscape Expert, Physicist’s Widow)," (*Los Angeles Times, *1990).

• "Nobel Physicist R. P. Feynman of Caltech Dies)," by Lee Dye (*Los Angeles Times, *1988).

• The Second Creation: Makers of the Revolution in Twentieth-century Physics)*, *by Robert Crease and Charles Mann (1986).

• Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!)*, *by Richard Feynman and Ralph Leighton (1985).

• Fun to Imagine), BBC docuseries (1983).

• "Richard P. Feynman: Nobel Prize Winner)," by Tim Hendrickson, Stuart Galley, and Fred Lamb (*Engineering and Science, *1965).

• F.B.I. files on Richard Feynman).

• EXTRAS:

• "The Curious Mr. Feynman)," by *Freakonomics Radio *(2024).