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).

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