प्रतिभाशाली लोग दो तरह के होते हैं: 'साधारण' और 'जादूगर'। एक साधारण इंसान वह है जिसके जितने अच्छे आप और मैं हो सकते हैं, बशर्ते हम खुद से कई गुना बेहतर बन जाएं। उनके काम करने के तरीके में कोई रहस्य नहीं होता। एक बार जब हम समझ जाते हैं कि उन्होंने क्या किया है, तो हमें पूरा यकीन हो जाता है कि हम भी यह कर सकते थे। लेकिन जादूगरों के साथ ऐसा नहीं होता... फेनमैन उच्च कोटि के जादूगर हैं
There are two kinds of geniuses: the ‘ordinary’ and the ‘magicians.’ an ordinary genius is a fellow whom you and I would be just as good as, if we were only many times better. There is no mystery as to how his mind works. Once we understand what they’ve done, we feel certain that we, too, could have done it. It is different with the magicians... Feynman is a magician of the highest caliber
There are two kinds of geniuses: the ‘ordinary’ and the ‘magicians.’ an ordinary genius is a fellow whom you and I would be just as good as, if we were only many times better. There is no mystery as to how his mind works. Once we understand what they’ve done, we feel certain that we, too, could have done it. It is different with the magicians... Feynman is a magician of the highest caliber
* मार्क कैक द्वारा रिचर्ड फेनमैन के बारे में, इसमें उद्धृत: (2011) "जॉन नौरिस बहाचेल। 1934–2005। एक जीवनी संस्मरण"
* Mark Kac about Richard Feynman, cited in: (2011) "John norris Bahcall. 1934–2005. A Biographical Memoir]"
* Mark Kac about Richard Feynman, cited in: (2011) "John norris Bahcall. 1934–2005. A Biographical Memoir]"
अनियंत्रित अमूर्तता (अब्स्ट्रैक्शन) अक्सर ध्यान उन क्षेत्रों से भटका देती है जिनकी खोज ही उन विशेषताओं पर निर्भर करती है जिन्हें अमूर्त दृष्टिकोण मामूली या आकस्मिक मानकर खारिज कर देता है
Unrestricted abstraction tends to divert attention from whole areas of application whose very discovery depends of the features that the abstract point of view rules out as being accidental
Unrestricted abstraction tends to divert attention from whole areas of application whose very discovery depends of the features that the abstract point of view rules out as being accidental
* रिचर्ड हैमिंग, मेथड्स ऑफ़ मैथमैटिक्स एप्लाइड टू कैलकुलस, प्रॉबेबिलिटी, एंड स्टैटिस्टिक्स (1985)
* Richard Hamming, Methods of Mathematics Applied to Calculus, Probability, and Statistics (1985)
* Richard Hamming, Methods of Mathematics Applied to Calculus, Probability, and Statistics (1985)