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Too much of the article is now about his investigation into the space shuttle disaster. Maybe a spin-off article to [[Challenger disaster]]? --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 11:21, 16 May 2007 (EDT) | Too much of the article is now about his investigation into the space shuttle disaster. Maybe a spin-off article to [[Challenger disaster]]? --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 11:21, 16 May 2007 (EDT) | ||
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| + | In ''Surely you must be joking, Mr. Feynman'', Feynman relates a story in which he asked his father: why is it that when I carry a ball in my wagon, the ball lurches forward when I stop pulling the wagon. And when I start pulling the wagon, the ball lurches back initially, and then stops moving. His father explained that objects tend to resist a change in motion, but that no one knows why. It was this deep observation that impressed Feynman later on as an adult. The story about gravity given on the page, I believe, is a mistaken version of the story I just related here.--[[User:Lemonpeel|Lemonpeel]] 03:25, 7 July 2008 (EDT) | ||
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in this photo, Richard Feynman looks kinda like Max Payne. Jaques 08:45, 6 April 2007 (EDT)
- ...you're right! O_o --Sid 3050 09:08, 6 April 2007 (EDT)
Space Shuttle
Too much of the article is now about his investigation into the space shuttle disaster. Maybe a spin-off article to Challenger disaster? --Ed Poor 11:21, 16 May 2007 (EDT)
Why do things fall?
In Surely you must be joking, Mr. Feynman, Feynman relates a story in which he asked his father: why is it that when I carry a ball in my wagon, the ball lurches forward when I stop pulling the wagon. And when I start pulling the wagon, the ball lurches back initially, and then stops moving. His father explained that objects tend to resist a change in motion, but that no one knows why. It was this deep observation that impressed Feynman later on as an adult. The story about gravity given on the page, I believe, is a mistaken version of the story I just related here.--Lemonpeel 03:25, 7 July 2008 (EDT)
