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Who was Richard Feynman? Stories from Genius, by Gleck kids look in encyclopedia shrink into carpet first presentation Wolfgang Pauli (‘45) Enrico Fermi (‘38) Albert Einstein (‘21) math text selection committee 1965 Nobel prize for quantumelectrodynamics (QED) From Kuhn: What is science? Constellation of facts theories and methods collected in current texts science historian must id the time, place and person who discovered each fact SH must explain myths, error and superstition of prior scientific eras myths seem to be as scientific as current fact From Kuhn: What is science?? The historical integrity of science in its own time science methods are insufficient to direct all scientific conclusions observation and experience must restrict the range of scientific belief there is also and arbitrary element normal science predicated upon the belief that we know what the world is like Incommensurable? What is science? Science or Magic? Feynman a method of finding things out a body of knowledge technology: new things you can do The contrast Constellation of facts theories and methods collected in current texts Judged by The historical integrity of science in its own time A method of finding things out A body of knowledge Technology: new things you can do Judged by observation! The Method Principle of observation “prove” means “test” See description, later The body Earth on an elephant on a tortoise that swam in a bottomless sea What is at the edge of the universe? Technology Economists call this the product Is this the justification for Science? Feynman says no, just as Hardy defended mathematics Social World Includes the human element of natural sciences Cold hard facts? Social science: relationships Describing Explaining Predicting Controlling Describing: principle of observation observations are not the laws As believed in the Middle ages experiments are always inaccurate (spinning top, weight and 186,000 mph) experiments are incomplete natural: excludes qu