“The World of One Physicist”

The quotation in the title above comes from the book “’Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!’: Adventures of a Curious Character,” by Richard P. Feynman (1985). Feynman shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965 with Julian Schwinger and Shin’ichirō Tomonaga “for their fundamental work in quantum electrodynamics, with deep-ploughing consequences for the physics of elementary particles.” I do not know what that means either. He also played the bongos, with vigor. Neither can I do that. Feynman, a quintessentially mischievous and fun-loving character, besides being an acclaimed physicist, might be best known for two of his most serious involvements. First, he was one of the many scientists and engineers who worked on and built three live atomic bombs at Los Alamos, New Mexico in the 1940s d…