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发信人: asdf (变量), 信区: Science
标  题: 费曼故事(十)
发信站: 紫丁香 (Tue Jun 30 21:52:43 1998), 转信

发信人: tnt (TNT), 信区: Physics
标  题: 费曼故事(十)
发信站: 空间科学BBS站 . Fri Mar 28 06:42:37 1997

                             A Bump on the Head

     � � � � In the beginning part of 1984, Feynman was teaching a
     course on computing at Caltech. The course was also co-jointly
     taught by Gerald Sussman from MIT. On one occasion Feynman was
     lecturing at the blackboard, but this time Sussman kept coming up
     and correcting him.

     � � � � Later that week Feynman was supposed to come over for
     dinner. On the night in question, Feynman's wife Gweneth called to
     say that Feynman was in the hospital and that they would not be
     able to come over. She told me not to tell anyone, as she didn't
     want the word to get around. Apparently Feynman in his excitement
     to purchase a new computer tripped on the sidewalk curb and hit
     his head. This caused some internal complications and bleeding.

     � � � � In a week or so, Feynman was back on his feet and returned
     to class. At lunch Feynman related what had happened. After
     bumping his head, he paid little or no attention to it. He was
     bleeding when he entered the computer store. What was interesting
     is that he gradually began to loose his sense of what was
     happening around him without internally realizing it. First, he
     couldn't locate his car. Then he had a very strange session with
     one of his artistic models. And on another day, he told his
     secretary Helen Tuck that he was going home, and proceeded to
     undress and lie down in his office. He forgot that he was to give
     a lecture at Hughs aircraft, and so on... Everything was just
     rationalized away.

     � � � � "But you know," he said, "NO ONE told me I was going
     crazy. Now why not?"

     � � � � I said, "Come on. You are always doing weird stuff.
     Besides there such a fine line between genius and madness that it
     sometimes difficult to tell!"

     � � � � "Listen, ape, the next time I go crazy around here, you be
     sure to tell me!"

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