Notes. I. Infinity (1996) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116635/ II. “I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A scientist in his laboratory is not only a technician: he is also a child placed before natural phenomena which impress him like a fairy tale.” —Marie Curie III. "Richard Feynman: The Man Who Only Used His Intellect to Enjoy Life" by Ali https://ali.medium.com/richard-feynman-the-man-who-only-used-his-intellect-to-enjoy-life-c1c683e65813 1. "As I quickly skimmed over its pages, I happened to notice a particularly interesting sentence at the bottom of one page which read: 'I have to understand the world, you see.' ” 2. "Even today, whenever my life’s joy takes a slight dip, I turn back and take yet another look at Feynman’s comments on life in order to regain my felicity. Yes, it’s his ability to put the utmost passion, zeal, and excitement into mentioning even the simplest things in life which revives me, probably due to the fact that emotions are contagious." 3. "Feynman had the rare and unique ability to take a very different look at seemingly even the most basic of things." 4. "This can be solely attributed to the sense of humor he possessed as well as his eccentric nature. It wasn’t difficult to notice that he used his expansive intelligence to simply have fun. Yes, Feynman dabbled in physics purely for the sake of entertainment. He had decided to go down this route in a bid to come out of the state of depression he had fallen int following the passing of his wife Arline Greenbaum where he found himself no longer able to enjoy life. He describes how he came to this decision on page 157 of his book titled Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman: 'So I got this new attitude. Now that I am burned out and I’ll never accomplish anything, I’ve got this nice position at the university teaching classes which I rather enjoy, and just like I read the Arabian Nights for pleasure, I’m going to play with physics, whenever I want to, without worrying about any importance whatsoever.' " "This decision was a turning point for him as he became a man who was able to use physics to understand the world and put what he understood into terms that enabled those around him to understand it as well. That is why when he discovered this ability, he spectacularly expressed it by saying: 'If we have understood the essence of something, we can explain it on all levels.' ” 5. "Furthermore, he would later receive a Nobel prize for his work in quantum mechanics. In one of his interviews, Feynman recalls that day as follows: 'When I was eating lunch some kids threw blue medallion on the plate the Cornell sign in the cafeteria. When the plate came down it wobbled and the blue thing went around like this. And I wondered what the relation was between the tubes. I was just playing. So I played around with the equations of motion of the rotating these and I kept continuing play with it. This rotation led me to a similar problem of the rotation of the spin of an electron according to Dirac’s equation. And that just led me back into quantum electrodynamics. Everything just poured out.' " 6. "For other educators to also be able to implement these observations, he summarized his experiences into seven items: • Don’t just teach your students to read. • Teach them to question what they read, what they study. • Teach them to doubt. • Teach them to think. • Teach them to make mistakes and learn from them. • Teach them how to understand something. • Teach them how to teach others." 7. "In 1978, when the surrounding area of his forest house in Altadena experienced a fire, he insured his home for flood protection. This action of his puzzled others as there was no river near his house. However, in 1979, the area experienced heavy rains, and many houses experienced flood damage resulting from landslides. His incredible physics knowledge and observational skills helped him take necessary precautions." 8. "I want to end this piece with this piece of advice he gave to all of humankind: 'Fall in love with some activity, and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn’t matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough. Work as hard and as much as you want to on the things you like to do the best. Don’t think about what you want to be, but what you want to do. Keep up some kind of a minimum with other things so that society doesn’t stop you from doing anything at all.' " IV. "The Beautiful Drawings of Richard Feynman" https://abakcus.com/the-beautiful-drawings-of-richard-feynman/