Genius_ The Life and Science of Richard Feynman - James Gleick [277]
182 EACH TIME IT IS TURNED ON. T. Reid 1984, 14; Alt 1972, 693; Metropolis and Nelson 1982, 352.
182 SOME INTERESTING PROPERTIES OF NUMBERS: The lecture later became an element of his course at Cornell in mathematical methods and then, refined once again, became a remarkable set piece in his Feynman Lectures on Physics. Feynman to Lucille Feynman, 29 February 1944; Lectures, I-22.
182 ALL THE MIGHTY MINDS: Feynman to Lucille Feynman, 29 February 1944.
184 HE IS BY ALL ODDS THE MOST BRILLIANT: Oppenheimer to Birge, 4 November 1943, in Smith and Weiner 1980, 269.
184 HE IS A SECOND DIRAC: Oppenheimer to Birge, November 4 1943, in Smith and Weiner 1980, 269.
184 SHE LAUGHED, ASKING: Arline Feynman to Lucille and Melville Feynman, 28 June 1943; F-L for SYJ, 46.
185 ONCE, IN A FANCIFUL CONVERSATION: Moss 1987, 68. 185 A PIONEER PEOPLE STARTING A NEW TOWN: Brode 1960, 7.
185 THE MOST EXCLUSIVE CLUB IN THE WORLD: James Tuck, quoted in Davis 1968, 184.
185 WHAT EXACTLY IS SQUARE: Tuck, quoted in Brode 1960, 7.
185 ONE PARTY FEATURED AN ORIGINAL BALLET: Brode 1960, 6.
186 CODES, CIPHERS OR ANY FORM OF SECRET WRITING: Reprinted in Jette 1977, 130.
186 IT’S VERY DIFFICULT WRITING: Feynman 1975, 112.
187 RICHARD AND ARLINE TALKED ABOUT: Ibid.
187 THERE ARE CAPTAINS: Feynman to Lucille Feynman, 10 December 1943.
187 I EXPLAINED IT TO HIM: Feynman to Arline Feynman, 8 March 1945.
187 THE SECURITY STAFF TOLERATED THEM: Hirschfelder, in Badash et al. 1980, 79.
187 THE NEW DISPENSER STRUCK FEYNMAN: Olum, interview.
187 HE HAD GOT SO DRUNK: Feynman to Arline Feynman, 9 May 1945, PERS.
188 MORALLER AND MORALLER: Ibid.
188 TWO MEN ARRIVED: Feynman to Arline Feynman, 4 April 1945, PERS.
188 BECAUSE I LIKE PUZZLES SO MUCH: Ibid.
188 THAT ONE INSIGHT: SYJ, 124.
189 THE LOS ALAMOS PHYSICISTS: E.g., Frisch 1979, 154.
189 I OPENED THE SAFES: F-L for SYJ, 121–22.
189 THIS LAST INSIGHT ALONE: SYJ, 133.
189 BY FIDDLING WITH HIS OWN SAFE: Ibid., 124–25.
190 FEYNMAN REVELED IN THE CLOUDS: Feynman to Lucille Feynman, 10 December 1943, PERS.
190 SEE, I’M GETTING AN AESTHETIC SENSE: Ibid.
191 NOT CERTAIN WHETHER THIS TIME: Ian McEwan, The Innocent (New York: Dou-bleday, 1990), 85.
191 HE WOULD SIT IN A CROUP: F-W, 317.
191 HE FOUND A WAY: Feynman to Arline Feynman, 3 April 1945, PERS.
191 YOU ARE A STRONG AND BEAUTIFUL WOMAN: Ibid.
192 DON’T GET SCARED THO: Feynman to Arline Feynman, 24 April 1945.
192 YOU’RE NEVER THAT: Arline Feynman to Feynman, February 1945.
192 THE SCIENTISTS WERE IN AN UPROAR: R. Wilson 1974, 160.
193 I DO NOT KNOW—ALTHOUGH THERE ARE THOSE: Cohn 1943, 56–57; Arline Feynman, handwritten notes, PERS.
193 DARLING I’M BEGINNING: Arline Feynman to Feynman, 16 January 1945.
193 SHE REMINDED HIM OF THE FUTURE: Arline Feynman to Feynman, 17 January 1945.
194 WE HAVE TO FIGHT HARD: Ibid.
194 DRINK SOME MILK: Feynman to Arline Feynman, 2 May 1945, PERS.
194 HER WEIGHT HAD FALLEN: Arline Feynman, notebook of medical records and expenses, PERS.
194 YOU ARE A NICE GIRL: Feynman to Arline Feynman, 2 May 1945.
194 TIME PASSES FAST: Feynman to Arline Feynman, 19 April 1945, PERS.
194 HE HAD HEARD ABOUT A NEW DRUG: Feynman to Richard Gubner, draft, n.d:, and Gubner to Feynman, 29 August 1944 and 14 November 1944, PERS.
194 JOAN WAS DAZZLED: Joan Feynman to Arline Feynman, 29 April 1945, PERS.
195 HE THOUGHT HE SAW SYMPTOMS: Feynman to Arline Feynman, 18 May 1945.
195 HAVE IT DONE BY A SPECIALIST: Henry Barenblatt to Arline Feynman, 19 April 1945 and 23 April 1945, PERS.
195 A DOCTOR AT LOS ALAMOS TOLD RICHARD: Feynman to Arline Feynman, 3 May 1945.
195 THE SAME DOCTOR: Ibid.
195 PS. 59-TO-BE: Feynman to Arline Feynman, 15 May 1945.
195 HE DRIFTED THROUGH THE PAGES: Feynman to Arline Feynman, 17 May 1945.
195 KEEP HANGING ON: Feynman to Arline Feynman, 9 May 1945.
195 ENTIRE NATION CELEBRATES: Feynman to Arline Feynman, 10 May 1945.