The Making of a Scientist Early conversations have profound impact. In a touching essay, celebrated scientist Richard Feynman describes how childhood conversations with his father shaped his remarkable approach to science & education.[1]
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He closes with:
[And] "that’s the way I was educated by my father, with those kinds of examples and discussions: no pressure -- just lovely, interesting discussions. It has motivated me for the rest of my life, and makes me interested in all the sciences. (It just happens I do physics better.)
"I’ve been caught, so to speak, like someone who was given something wonderful when he was a child, and he’s always looking for it again. I’m always looking, like a child, for the wonders I know I’m going to find -- maybe not every time, but every once in a while."
[1] The Making of a Scientist, from the book What Do You Care What People Think?, by Richard Feynman, 1988, Part 1: A Curious Character, pp. 1-9
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