“Feynman resented the polished myths of most scientific history, submerging the false steps and halting uncertainties under a surface of orderly intellectual progress, but he created a myth of his own.” Richard Feynman1992Science History Book:Genius: the life and science of Richard Feynman Source: Genius: the life and science of Richard Feynman
“For [Richard] Feynman, the essence of the scientific imagination was a powerful and almost painful rule. What scientists create must match reality. It must match what is already known. Scientific creativity is imagination in a straitjacket.” RealityScienceImaginationPowerfulKnownKnowledgeCreativityEssenceScientistPainfulRichard Feynman Book:Genius: the life and science of Richard Feynman Source: Genius: the life and science of Richard Feynman
“"Half genius and half buffoon," Freeman Dyson ... wrote. ... [Richard] Feynman struck him as uproariously American-unbuttoned and burning with physical energy. It took him a while to realize how obsessively his new friend was tunneling into the very bedrock of modern science.” ScienceEnergyRealizingHalfModernGeniusObsessionBurningModern ScienceNew FriendsFreemanBedrockBuffoonsRichard Feynman Book:Genius: the life and science of Richard Feynman Source: Genius: the life and science of Richard Feynman
