Feynman's spirit lives on in computing
Andrew M. Steane · Physics World · 1999
Richard Feynman, both as a man and as scientist, excited varied reactions: you either loved him or you hated him. As a man, was either narrow-minded and sexist, or else charming and completely fair in the most unselfconscious way. As a scientist, he was either "a magician" – the most impressive kind of genius – or else he was "not in the first rank of physicists". This book will not offer much guidance among this range opinions, since it is mostly about computation, rather than Feynman. However, the snapshots of – and reactions to – that fascinating personality come as a welcome, refreshing stream running through the technical essays that form the bulk of the text.