My teenage daughter is closer in age to Nima Arkani-Hamed than is Joan Baez. My daughter probably doesn't know who Joan Baez is, but one of her favorite books is "Surely You are Joking...". Was Feynman known for his clear explanations from an early point, or did that come later? -----Original Message----- From: math-fun-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:math-fun-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Mike Stay Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 3:11 PM To: math-fun Subject: Re: [math-fun] [EXTERNAL] Re: Nima Arkani-Hamed complaint transmission The mathematical physicist John Baez is in his early 50s. His first cousin Joan, the musician, is twenty years his senior. On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 2:59 PM, Cordwell, William R <wrcordw@sandia.gov> wrote:
"This generation"? Isn't Baez in her 70s?
-----Original Message----- From: math-fun-bounces+cordwell=sandia.gov@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:math-fun-bounces+cordwell=sandia.gov@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Mike Stay Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 2:26 PM To: math-fun Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [math-fun] Nima Arkani-Hamed complaint transmission
On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Henry Baker <hbaker1@pipeline.com> wrote:
Perhaps I don't know enough physics, but I find Nima's lectures a lot more comprehensible than those of most physicists. I'm not aware of any of this generation of physicists who have Feynmann's gift of both accuracy & clarity of exposition.
I'd nominate John Baez.
That having been said, I haven't yet had a chance to look at this particular video of Nima's, but I'm looking forward to it.
At 12:36 PM 9/19/2013, Warren D Smith wrote:
somebody on the net was complaining that math is hard because you need to prove theorems, physics is hard because your theories have to work, but Nima Arkani-Hamed does neither theorems nor physics that works, so his life is easy. (He got a $3M prize for an example.)
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