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发信人: asdf (变量), 信区: Science
标  题: 费曼故事(三)
发信站: 紫丁香 (Tue Jun 30 21:49:58 1998), 转信

发信人: tnt (TNT), 信区: Physics
标  题: fey
发信站: 空间科学BBS站 . Fri Mar 28 06:37:16 1997

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                    Surely You're Joking, Mr. Gell-Mann!

     � � � � This took place just after the publication of Surely
     You're Joking, Mr. Feynman.

     � � � � We were all sitting together at lunch talking about the
     success of the book, when one of the other graduate students
     remarked that they had not seen Murray Gell-Mann lately. I thought
     he had gone and started writing his own book of anecdotes. The
     other student remarked, "Yeah, and I know what he is going to call
     it too, 'Damn it Murray, You're right again!'" At this remark,
     Feynman lost it, and slid under the table laughing.

     � � � � There was another lunch conversation that involved
     Gell-Mann that took place right after the publication of Surely
     You're Joking. Gell-Mann, who I was quite friendly with too,
     confided to me that he was very upset with Feynman's written
     account of their joint discovery of the theory of beta decay. He
     felt that Feynman had not reported the account accurately and was
     giving himself undue credit.

     � � � � At lunch the mood was jovial, and I took the occasion to
     pass along Gell-Mann's feelings about the controversial passage.
     Feynman's smile immediately disappeared. He looked rather sad and
     hurt. This was the first time he had heard Gell-Mann's reaction to
     the book. "You know, I tried extra hard, very hard in fact, in the
     passages I wrote about Murray. I was especially careful."

     � � � � Apparently, Gell-Mann was indeed upset, and there are
     published accounts of various explosions on the fourth floor of
     the physics building where they had offices close together.
     Feynman did indeed change the passage to suit Gell-Mann's wishes.

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