Freakonomics Radio
Jan 31, 2024
From the Manhattan Project to the Challenger_ _investigation, the physicist Richard Feynman loved to shoot down what he called “lousy ideas.” Today, the world is awash in lousy ideas — so maybe it’s time to get some more Feynman in our lives? (Part one of a three-part series.)
* SOURCES:
* Helen Czerski, physicist and oceanographer at University College London.
* Michelle Feynman, photographer and daughter of Richard Feynman.
* Ralph Leighton, biographer and film producer.
* Charles Mann, science journalist and author.
* John Preskill, professor of theoretical physics at the California Institute of Technology.
* Stephen Wolfram, founder and C.E.O. of Wolfram Research; creator of Mathematica, Wolfram|Alpha, and the Wolfram Language.
* RESOURCES:
* "How Legendary Physicist Richard Feynman Helped Crack the Case on the Challenger Disaster," by Kevin Cook (_Literary Hub, _2021).
* _Challenger: The Final Flight_, docuseries (2020).
* _Truth, Lies, and O-Ring…