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The Vanishing Mr. Feynman (Update)In his final years, Richard Feynman's curiosity took him to some surprising places. We hear from his companions on the trips he took — and one he wasn’t able to. (Part three of a three-part series originally published in 2024.) SOURCES: • Alan Alda • , actor and screenwriter. • Barbara Berg, friend of Richard Feynman. Helen Czerski • , physicist and oceanographer at University College London. Michelle Feynman • , photographer and daughter of Richard Feynman. • Cheryl Haley, friend of Richard Feynman. • Debby Harlow, friend 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. RESOURCES: • I Love My Wife..., • directed by Ian Tierney (2020). Quantum Man: Richard Feynman's Life in Science, • by Lawrence M. Krauss (2011). Perfectly Reasonable Deviations From the Beaten Track: Selected Letters of Richard P. Feynman, • edited by Michelle Feynman (2005). The Pleasure of Finding Things Out, • by Richard Feynman (1999). The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark • , by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan (1995). Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman, • by James Gleick (1992). The Quest for Tannu Tuva • , by Christopher Sykes (1988) “What Do You Care What Other People Think?” • by Richard Feynman and Ralph Leighton (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). EXTRAS: • • “ The Curious, Brilliant, Vanishing Mr. Feynman • ,” series by Freakonomics Radio • (2024). Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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The Brilliant Mr. Feynman (Update)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 originally published in 2024.) 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). Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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