Nice. This is probably where mr. Gleick got it from. The strange thing is that (I think), Feynman’s wife’s first name is Arline, not the more common Arlene. I found Gleick’s book nice in that it did attempted to look beyond some of legends/anecdotes.
I recognized it from Mr. Gleick’s remarks. As for the name, I copied the text from the free preview on Amazon.com—they spelled it Arlene in the book. Guess there was an overambitious proofreader.
Nice. This is probably where mr. Gleick got it from. The strange thing is that (I think), Feynman’s wife’s first name is Arline, not the more common Arlene. I found Gleick’s book nice in that it did attempted to look beyond some of legends/anecdotes.
I recognized it from Mr. Gleick’s remarks. As for the name, I copied the text from the free preview on Amazon.com—they spelled it Arlene in the book. Guess there was an overambitious proofreader.
If you are up to a harder read, Jagdish Mehra’s biography The Beat of a Different Drum does a better job of covering Feynman’s actual work.
Thanks—I’ll put that on my reading list. Will read some other books in between though!