Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Two observations from yet another physics student who met Bardeen at University of Illinois: Bardeen seemed to be a very bright, very intelligent, very introspective guy. We occupied (pretty much) the same physical space, but didn't interact. If impact on students can be counted, Feynman (who I never met) had a far greater influence on us. Feynman taught us that thinking about problems was fun and that tools meant for other purposes could be used to solve them. He motivated us by sharing his simple enthusiasms with us and explaining what he knew in ways that we could understand. One man was a great scientist and the other a great teacher. I'm using things every day created by the scientist, but I enjoy them because the teacher showed me a better way to live my life. Mike Quinn (Still trying to live up to his teachers' expectations) On 8/22/01 10:15 PM, "Marvin Levi" <temil001@yahoo.com> wrote: > Feynman was a scientist who happened to also know to > show off and act with a certain flair, and as a > result, came off as smarter than anybody else. > > In terms of its impact on our everyday life, the > greatest physicist this century is none other than Dr. > John Bardeen. He won Nobel price TWICE, the first time > for the invention of the transistor, the second time > for the discovery, with two other fellow Univ. of > Illinois researchers, the BCS theory for > superconductivity. He was a very quiet and humble man. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger > http://phonecard.yahoo.com/