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349 HE STARTED TELLING PEOPLE: Susman, personal communication.

349 FEYNMAN TOLD HIMSELF THAT HE WOULD GO: F-W, 751.

349 FEYNMAN BEGAN IN THE SUMMER: Notebook, “Biochemical Techniques,” CIT; F-W, 751.

350 UNDERSTANDING WHEN A THING IS REALLY KNOWN: F-W, 753.

350 HE FOCUSED ON A PARTICULAR MUTATION: Benzer 1962; Crick 1962; Crick 1966.

350 FEYNMAN COMPARED FINDING: Susman, personal communication.

350 FRIENDS OF HIS IN THE LABORATORY: Robert Sinsheimer to Feynman, n.d., “Dear Feyntron … ,” CIT; “Mutual Suppression of rII Mutants of Bacteriophage T4D,” draft by Robert Sinsheimer, CIT. F-W, 752: “I knew they were very interesting and unusual, but I didn’t write it up.” He did contribute to a group paper in Genetics, however: Edgar, Feynman, et al. 1961.

351 THE SPECIALISTS HAD AN ADVANTAGE: Crick et al. 1961; Crick 1962.

351 THE STORY OF THE GENETIC CODE: Crick 1966, 55–56.

351 QUANTUM-MECHANICAL SMEARING OF SPACE-TIME: Gell-Mann 1989a, 53.

352 THE GRAVITATIONAL FORCE IS WEAK: Alexander J. Glass, letter to Physics Today, May 1988, 136.

352 I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY PLANS: Feynman to Weisskopf, 4 January to 11 February 1961, WHE.

352 MAYBE GRAVITY IS A WAY: Ibid.

352 A CONFERENCE ON GRAVITATION: Feynman 1963b.

353 SINCE 1916 WE HAVE HAD A SLOW: Quoted in Schucking 1990, 486.

353 THEY TEASED EACH OTHER: Feynman to Gweneth Feynman, n.d., in WDY, 90.

353 WHAT HAVE YOU EVER DONE: Schucking 1990, 483.

353 THE “WORK” IS ALWAYS: Feynman to Gweneth Feynman, n.d., in WDY, 91–92.

354 THE REAL FOUNDATION OF QUANTUM MECHANICS: Gell-Mann 1989a, 54.

354 THERE IS A DEVICE ON THE MARKET: Feynman 1960a, 22–24.

355 HE ENVISIONED MACHINES THAT WOULD MAKE: The idea of ever-tinier servo-controlled robotic hands had been anticipated by the science fiction writer Robert Heinlein, who called them Waldoes. Cf. Regis 1990, 142.

355 HOW TO BUILD AN AUTOMOBILE: Popular Science Monthly, November 1960, 114.

356 NOT UNTIL 1985 DID FEYNMAN HAVE TO PAY: Thomas H. Newman to Feynman, 30 January 1986, CIT.

356 BY JUNE, WHEN HE HAD NOT HEARD: William McLellan, telephone interview; “McLellan Micromotor,” note, CIT.

356 UH-OH: McLellan, interview.

356 HE HAD NEGLECTED TO MAKE ANY ARRANGEMENTS: Feynman to McLellan, 15 November 1960.

357 FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS (IN THE SENSE OF: Feynman 1960a, 22.

357 WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS REAL: Feynman to Ashok Arora, 4 January 1967, CIT.

357 PITH BALLS AND INCLINED PLANES: F-W, 760.

358 1. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT: Beyer and Williams 1957. Cf. Lindsay 1940, Bonner and Phillips 1957, and Mendenhall et al. 1950.

358 A GENERATION-OLD TEXT BY ITS OWN LUMINARY: Millikan et al.

358 SO, WHAT IS OUR OVER-ALL PICTURE: Lectures, I-1–2.

359 IF WATER—WHICH IS NOTHING: Lectures, I-1–9.

359 GUIDE TO THE PERPLEXED: F-W, 762.

359 A TEAM OF CALTECH PHYSICS PROFESSORS: Sands, interview; D. Goodstein 1989, 74.

360 PHYSICS BEFORE 1920: Lectures, I-2–3.

360 NOT THE PROBLEM OF FINDING NEW: Lectures, I-3–9.

360 IT IS THE ANALYSIS OF CIRCULATING: Ibid.

360 WHAT WE REALLY CANNOT DO: Lectures, I-3–10.

360 WELL, THE HOUR IS UP: F-W, 765.

360 HE TIMED HIS DIAGRAMS: Sands, interview.

361 IN THE GRADUAL INCREASE IN THE COMPLEXITY: Lectures, I-4–2.

362 THEY DEPEND UPON HOW: Lectures, I-17–2.

362 EVEN PHYSICISTS FELT THEY WERE LEARNING: Stabler 1967, 48; Lectures, I-20–7.

362 IT IS A WONDERFUL THING: Lectures, I-20–7.

363 THE RATCHET AND PAWL WORKS: Lectures, I-46–9.

363 AS THE MONTHS WENT ON: F-W, 766.

363 I’VE SPOKEN TO SOME: D. Goodstein 1989, 74.

363 IT IS ODD: CPL, 13.

364 GIVE A HUMAN APPROACH: Tord Pramberg to Feynman, 15 November 1966, and Feynman to Tord Pramberg, 4 January 1966, CIT.

364 WHEN YOU HAVE LEARNED: Feynman to Ashok Arora, 4 January 1967, CIT.

364 WITH THIS QUESTION PHILOSOPHY BEGAN: Heidegger 1959, 20.

365 ALL SATELLITES TRAVEL: CPL, 19.

365 THAT IS THE SAME: Ibid., 33.

365 EXACTLY THE SAME LAW: Ibid., 34.

365 MEANWHILE, WHY DOES AN OBJECT: Ibid., 19.

366 SCIENCE REPUDIATES PHILOSOPHY: Quoted in Ziman 1978, 1.

366 NONE OF THE ENTITIES THAT APPEAR: Park 1988, xx.

366 LIKE TOURISTS