All of these things combined with Feynman's iconoclastic nature, his perseverance and single-mindedness, his capacity to get to the root of problems, put Feynman second to Einstein in 20th century minds. Third, Feynman was lucky to have participated in WWII's war of the magicians (Los Alamos and the Atomic Bomb). He was there when physicists (post Einstein's relativity) seemed to grab a larger piece of global attention. He came into his abilities at the right moment for Physics. Second, Feynman was lucky to be born at the right time. First, the guy was born with a brain that somehow gave him access to problems with a speed and a dexterity that seemed magical to his peers, and his peers are people that already often stretched the capacity for knowledge and intelligence. "The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool." - Richard Feynman "Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it." - Richard Feynman Feynman was lucky in three ways. What I cannot review, I do not understand
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