📚 2 Books mentioned in "The Brilliant Mr. Feynman | Freakonomics Radio" of Freakonomics Radio
Podcast: Freakonomics Radio
Episode: The Brilliant Mr. Feynman | Freakonomics Radio
Published on February 12, 2024
Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode. Click on the links to watch specific excerpts on YouTube and feel free to purchase the books if they caught your interest!
Genius
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Special thanks to Richard Tai and Alisa Pico from the Altech Archives; to Christopher Sykes and the BBC for the audio from their Feynman documentaries; to the Library and University Archives at the University of California, Santa Barbara, for their recording of Feynman's Los Alamos From Below lecture; to The Esalen Institute for audio from Feynman's Tiny Machines talk; and to James Gleick, author of the Feynman biography Genius.
In this segment, the host acknowledges James Gleick as the author of the biography 'Genius', which provides key insights into the life of Richard Feynman. This mention emphasizes the significance of Gleick's work in the context of the podcast.
The Math Book
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At some point, the guy said something like, 'You should try reading a math book,' and I can just imagine my dad sort of holding it all in, and then at that point, he just couldn't.
Michelle Feynman recalls an incident where her teacher recommended that she read a math book, which led her father, Richard Feynman, to share his experience of having authored math books during a meeting with school staff.