Genius_ The Life and Science of Richard Feynman - James Gleick [293]
413 AND, LIKE FALLING IN LOVE: NL, 435.
413 SO WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OLD THEORY: NL, 456.
413 THERE IS IN THE WORLD OF PHYSICS: Feynman 1972e, 1.
414 GENERALLY MR. FEYNMAN IS NOT JOKING: Morrison 1985, 43.
414 NOT AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Feynman to Robert Crease, 18 September 1985, CIT. And Feynman to Klaus Stadler, 15 October 1985, CIT: “This shows a complete misunderstanding of the nature of my book…. It is not in any way a scientific book, nor a serious one. It is not even an autobiography. It is only a series of short disconnected anecdotes, meant for the general reader which, we hope, the reader will find amusing.”
414 WHAT I REALLY WAS: Feynman to Crease.
414 A HALF-HOUR AFTER THE LAUNCH: Richard Witkin, “Canaveral Hopes for Success Fade,” New York Times, 6 March 1958, 1.
414 THEY USED A ROOM-SIZE: Hibbs, interview.
416 AN OUTSIDE GROUP OF EXPERTS: “Reagan names panel on shuttle explosion,” Walter V. Robinson, Washington Post, 4 February 1986, 1.
417 ARMSTRONG SAID ON THE DAY: “President Names 12-Member Panel in Shuttle Inquiry,” Gerald Boyd, New York Times, 4 February 1986, 1.
417 WE ARE NOT GOING TO CONDUCT: Ibid. In the commission’s first closed session, on February 10, he emphasized: “This is not an adversarial procedure. This commission is not in any way adversarial …” Report, IV, 244.
417 YOU’RE RUINING MY LIFE: William R. Graham, telephone interview.
417 FEYNMAN WAS NOW SUFFERING: Haskell, interview.
417 FEYNMAN HIMSELF REFUSED TO CONSIDER: Haskell, interview.
417 HE IMMEDIATELY ARRANGED A BRIEFING: Hibbs, interview; Charles Lifer, interview; Winston Gin, interview; WDY, 119–21.
419 ROGERS OPENED THE FIRST: Report, IV, 1.
419 IN RESPONSE, MOORE DENIED: Ibid., 21.
419 A CONCERN BY THIOKOL: Ibid., 97.
419 NEWSPAPER REPORTS THE NEXT DAY: Esp. David Sanger, “NASA Seems Surprised By Aggressive Queries,” New York Times, 7 February 1986, A19.
419 THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD HAVE CALLED: Report, IV, 220.
419 EVERYTHING THAT I KNOW: Ibid., 221.
420 WHEN WE ASK QUESTIONS: Ibid., 222.
420 YOU SAID WE DON’T EXPECT IT: Ibid., 224.
420 CO-PILOT TO PILOT: Donald J. Kutyna, interview, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo.; WDY, 126.
420 I HAVE A PICTURE OF THAT SEAL: Report, IV, 224.
421 THE LACK OF A GOOD SECONDARY SEAL: “August 19, 1985 Headquarters Briefing,” Report, I, 139; WDY, 135.
421 LOSS OF VEHICLE, MISSION, AND CREW: “NASA Had Warning of a Disaster Risk Posed by Booster,” Philip Boffey, New York Times, 9 February 1986, 1.
422 YOU KNOW, THOSE THINGS LEAK: WDY, 139–40; Kutyna, interview. Feynman misremembered this as a telephone conversation.
422 I THINK IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING: Report, IV, 244.
422 LAWRENCE MULLOY, PROJECT MANAGER: Ibid., 291.
422 HOW ARE THESE MATERIALS, THIS PUTTY AND THE RUBBER: Ibid., 347.
423 IF THIS MATERIAL WEREN’T RESILIENT: Ibid., 345.
423 HE HAD MADE AN OFFICIAL REQUEST: WDY, 146.
423 FEYNMAN IS BECOMING A REAL PAIN: David Sanger, personal communication.
424 YOU DIDN’T, I ASSUME: Report, IV, 380–82.
424 MULLOY, UNDER FURTHER QUESTIONING: “NASA Acknowledges Cold Affects Boosters Seals,” Philip Boffey, New York Times, 12 February 1986, 1.
424 THE PUBLIC SAW WITH THEIR OWN EYES: Dyson 1992, 284.
425 TO EXAGGERATE: to exaggerate how economical: WDY, 214.
425 ONE OF THE MOST PRODUCTIVE: Report, I, 1.
426 IT WAS A GREAT BIG WORLD: WDY, 158.
426 KUTYNA TOLD HIM HE WAS THE ONLY: Kutyna, interview; WDY, 156.
426 IN BETWEEN, HE MADE REPEATED VISITS: F-L.
426 I AM DETERMINED TO DO THE JOB: Feynman to Gweneth Feynman, 12 February 1986, quoted in WDY, 157.
426 THE COMMISSION STRONGLY RECOMMENDS: WDY, 200–201.
427 HISTORY OF O-RING PROBLEMS HAD BEEN REPORTED: E.g. Report, I, Appendix H; Graham, interview.
427 OVERALL HE ESTIMATED: Feynman 1986, F-2. 427 A KIND OF RUSSIAN ROULETTE: Report, I, 148.
427 IT HAS TO BE UNDERSTOOD: Ibid., IV, 817.
428 A TEAM OF STATISTICIANS: Dalai et al. 1989; Bruce Hoadley, telephone interview.
428 FEYNMAN DISCOVERED THAT SOME