Kelvin Meeks: September 2022

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I first learned about Feynman, after reading his book: "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman": Adventures of a Curious Character - which I found fascinating, enthralling, entertaining, mind-expanding, and inspiring.

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Later, I read "What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character - which I also thoroughly enjoyed.

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http://www.feynman.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Feynman

Richard Phillips Feynman (/ˈfaɪnmən/; May 11, 1918 – February 15, 1988) was an American theoretical physicist, known for his work in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodynamics, the physics of the superfluidity of supercooled liquid helium, as well as his work in particle physics for which he proposed the parton model. For contributions to the development of quantum electrodynamics, Feynman received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965 jointly with Julian Schwinger and Shin'ichirō Tomonaga.

https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/richard-p-feynman-quotes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Feynman_Lectures_on_Physics

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1965/feynman/biographical/

Feynman's 1942 PhD Thesis: "The Principle of Least Action in
Quantum Mechanics"
http://files.untiredwithloving.org/thesis.pdf

Additional publications by Feynmans:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Feynman#Bibliography

http://calteches.library.caltech.edu/51/2/CargoCult.pdf

Report of the PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident, Volume 2: Appendix F - Personal Observations on Reliability of Shuttle

Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher

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Thursday, September 01, 2022

A Favorite Author: Hugh Prather

For the last week...there has been a memory that I have struggled to recall...the author of a few books published in the 1970s...that I could vaguely remember - but that left a lasting impression on me.

I could not remember the author's name...although I had a strong impression his last name started with a "P".

His writing wasn't so much as "New Age", but more metaphysical in a Zen kind of way...

His books were always slim volumes...with few words on the page...but thoughts that struck like a bolt of lightning.

I recall how much I enjoyed reading his words...

I've tried doing Google searches several times over the last week...all to no avail...

And then, just now...Serendipity.

Somehow, I read a news item...and the last name of someone mentioned in the article resonated..."Prather".

A quick Google search brought me to his Wikipedia page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Prather

This was the first book of his, that I read - so many decades ago (and still have, in a box, stored away in my library collection)...."Notes To Myself"

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0553273825/

(a very interesting story of how this book got published...)
https://dispensablechurch.wordpress.com/how-notes-to-myself-got-published/