Alan lightman
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The Day Feynman Worked Out Black-Hole Radiation on My Blackboard
It’s the idea Stephen Hawking would become famous for a year later. -
When the Heavens Stopped Being Perfect
The advent of the telescope punctured our ideals about the nighttime sky. -
It’s Personal: Five Scientists on the Heroes Who Changed Their Lives
Meet the inspiring people—none named Einstein—who helped these scientists find their calling. -
Is Life Special Just Because It’s Rare?
Vitalism in the age of modern science. -
Why “Hawking Radiation” Was Almost “Feynman Radiation”
Nautilus’ Ingenious this month, Alan Lightman, is a successful writer and physicist, and one of the very rare people to receive an appointment in both science and humanities at MIT*. He did his doctoral research at Caltech while Richard Feynman was a professor there. One day, Lightman was on hand to see the brilliant and […]
