djcb comments on Rationality Quotes November 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: djcb 01 November 2011 10:08:20PM 2 points [-]

Nice. This is probably where mr. Gleick got it from. The strange thing is that (I think), Feynman's wife's first name is Arline, not the more common Arlene. I found Gleick's book nice in that it did attempted to look beyond some of legends/anecdotes.

Comment author: billswift 03 November 2011 09:29:36PM 1 point [-]

If you are up to a harder read, Jagdish Mehra's biography The Beat of a Different Drum does a better job of covering Feynman's actual work.

Comment author: djcb 03 November 2011 10:02:05PM 1 point [-]

Thanks -- I'll put that on my reading list. Will read some other books in between though!

Comment author: RobinZ 01 November 2011 10:22:43PM 1 point [-]

I recognized it from Mr. Gleick's remarks. As for the name, I copied the text from the free preview on Amazon.com - they spelled it Arlene in the book. Guess there was an overambitious proofreader.