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572e808d03f98919007566e7 | Richard_Feynman | He immersed himself in work on the project, and was present at the Trinity bomb test. Feynman claimed to be the only person to see the explosion without the very dark glasses or welder's lenses provided, reasoning that it was safe to look through a truck windshield, as it would screen out the harmful ultraviolet radiat... | What did Feynman see after the atomic test? | {
"text": [
"\"purple splotch\" afterimage"
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473
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572e808d03f98919007566e8 | Richard_Feynman | He immersed himself in work on the project, and was present at the Trinity bomb test. Feynman claimed to be the only person to see the explosion without the very dark glasses or welder's lenses provided, reasoning that it was safe to look through a truck windshield, as it would screen out the harmful ultraviolet radiat... | What did Feynman think that the truck windshield would shield him against? | {
"text": [
"ultraviolet radiation"
],
"answer_start": [
302
]
} |
572e8200c246551400ce4270 | Richard_Feynman | Feynman's other work at Los Alamos included calculating neutron equations for the Los Alamos "Water Boiler", a small nuclear reactor, to measure how close an assembly of fissile material was to criticality. On completing this work he was transferred to the Oak Ridge facility, where he aided engineers in devising safety... | What was the Water Boiler that Feyman worked on? | {
"text": [
"nuclear reactor"
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117
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} |
572e8200c246551400ce4271 | Richard_Feynman | Feynman's other work at Los Alamos included calculating neutron equations for the Los Alamos "Water Boiler", a small nuclear reactor, to measure how close an assembly of fissile material was to criticality. On completing this work he was transferred to the Oak Ridge facility, where he aided engineers in devising safety... | Where was Feyman sent after his work at Los Alamos? | {
"text": [
"Oak Ridge facility"
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"answer_start": [
257
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} |
572e8200c246551400ce4272 | Richard_Feynman | Feynman's other work at Los Alamos included calculating neutron equations for the Los Alamos "Water Boiler", a small nuclear reactor, to measure how close an assembly of fissile material was to criticality. On completing this work he was transferred to the Oak Ridge facility, where he aided engineers in devising safety... | What did Feynman help produce at the Oak Ridge Facility? | {
"text": [
"safety procedures"
],
"answer_start": [
314
]
} |
572e8200c246551400ce4273 | Richard_Feynman | Feynman's other work at Los Alamos included calculating neutron equations for the Los Alamos "Water Boiler", a small nuclear reactor, to measure how close an assembly of fissile material was to criticality. On completing this work he was transferred to the Oak Ridge facility, where he aided engineers in devising safety... | Which weapon did Feynman found to not be feasible? | {
"text": [
"uranium hydride bomb"
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"answer_start": [
588
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} |
572e8200c246551400ce4274 | Richard_Feynman | Feynman's other work at Los Alamos included calculating neutron equations for the Los Alamos "Water Boiler", a small nuclear reactor, to measure how close an assembly of fissile material was to criticality. On completing this work he was transferred to the Oak Ridge facility, where he aided engineers in devising safety... | Where did Feynman work on the "Wateer Boiler"? | {
"text": [
"Los Alamos"
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"answer_start": [
24
]
} |
572e82fc03f98919007566f7 | Richard_Feynman | Due to the top secret nature of the work, Los Alamos was isolated. In Feynman's own words, "There wasn't anything to do there." Bored, he indulged his curiosity by learning to pick the combination locks on cabinets and desks used to secure papers. Feynman played many jokes on colleagues. In one case he found the combin... | Feynman quickly bored of Los Alamos because the work was all kept __? | {
"text": [
"top secret"
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11
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} |
572e82fc03f98919007566f8 | Richard_Feynman | Due to the top secret nature of the work, Los Alamos was isolated. In Feynman's own words, "There wasn't anything to do there." Bored, he indulged his curiosity by learning to pick the combination locks on cabinets and desks used to secure papers. Feynman played many jokes on colleagues. In one case he found the combin... | How did Feynman spook a colleague? | {
"text": [
"left a series of notes in the cabinets"
],
"answer_start": [
622
]
} |
572e82fc03f98919007566f9 | Richard_Feynman | Due to the top secret nature of the work, Los Alamos was isolated. In Feynman's own words, "There wasn't anything to do there." Bored, he indulged his curiosity by learning to pick the combination locks on cabinets and desks used to secure papers. Feynman played many jokes on colleagues. In one case he found the combin... | What did Frederic de Hoffmann think had happened when he found these notes? | {
"text": [
"saboteur had gained access to atomic bomb secrets"
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"answer_start": [
757
]
} |
572e82fc03f98919007566fa | Richard_Feynman | Due to the top secret nature of the work, Los Alamos was isolated. In Feynman's own words, "There wasn't anything to do there." Bored, he indulged his curiosity by learning to pick the combination locks on cabinets and desks used to secure papers. Feynman played many jokes on colleagues. In one case he found the combin... | Feynman visited his wife in which New Mexico city? | {
"text": [
"Albuquerque"
],
"answer_start": [
847
]
} |
572e82fc03f98919007566fb | Richard_Feynman | Due to the top secret nature of the work, Los Alamos was isolated. In Feynman's own words, "There wasn't anything to do there." Bored, he indulged his curiosity by learning to pick the combination locks on cabinets and desks used to secure papers. Feynman played many jokes on colleagues. In one case he found the combin... | Feynman borrowed a car from Klaus Fuchs, who was later found to be a what? | {
"text": [
"spy for the Soviets"
],
"answer_start": [
956
]
} |
572e83b6c246551400ce4296 | Richard_Feynman | Feynman alludes to his thoughts on the justification for getting involved in the Manhattan project in The Pleasure of Finding Things Out. He felt the possibility of Nazi Germany developing the bomb before the Allies was a compelling reason to help with its development for the U.S. He goes on to say that it was an error... | In which book did Feynman talk about the Manhattan project? | {
"text": [
"The Pleasure of Finding Things Out"
],
"answer_start": [
102
]
} |
572e83b6c246551400ce4297 | Richard_Feynman | Feynman alludes to his thoughts on the justification for getting involved in the Manhattan project in The Pleasure of Finding Things Out. He felt the possibility of Nazi Germany developing the bomb before the Allies was a compelling reason to help with its development for the U.S. He goes on to say that it was an error... | What was his reasoning in helping make the atomic bomb? | {
"text": [
"possibility of Nazi Germany developing the bomb before the Allies"
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"answer_start": [
150
]
} |
572e83b6c246551400ce4298 | Richard_Feynman | Feynman alludes to his thoughts on the justification for getting involved in the Manhattan project in The Pleasure of Finding Things Out. He felt the possibility of Nazi Germany developing the bomb before the Allies was a compelling reason to help with its development for the U.S. He goes on to say that it was an error... | After feeling guilty for helping make an atomic bomb, Feynman went through what mental disorder? | {
"text": [
"depression"
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"answer_start": [
667
]
} |
572e83b6c246551400ce4299 | Richard_Feynman | Feynman alludes to his thoughts on the justification for getting involved in the Manhattan project in The Pleasure of Finding Things Out. He felt the possibility of Nazi Germany developing the bomb before the Allies was a compelling reason to help with its development for the U.S. He goes on to say that it was an error... | What did Feynman think of his part in making the bomb after Germany had been defeated? | {
"text": [
"error on his part"
],
"answer_start": [
315
]
} |
572e843cc246551400ce42a8 | Richard_Feynman | Following the completion of his PhD in 1942, Feynman held an appointment at the University of Wisconsin–Madison as an assistant professor of physics. The appointment was spent on leave for his involvement in the Manhattan project. In 1945, he received a letter from Dean Mark Ingraham of the College of Letters and Scien... | Where did Feynman receive a job after getting his PhD? | {
"text": [
"University of Wisconsin–Madison"
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"answer_start": [
80
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} |
572e843cc246551400ce42a9 | Richard_Feynman | Following the completion of his PhD in 1942, Feynman held an appointment at the University of Wisconsin–Madison as an assistant professor of physics. The appointment was spent on leave for his involvement in the Manhattan project. In 1945, he received a letter from Dean Mark Ingraham of the College of Letters and Scien... | Feyman received a letter to return to teaching from whom? | {
"text": [
"Dean Mark Ingraham"
],
"answer_start": [
266
]
} |
572e843cc246551400ce42aa | Richard_Feynman | Following the completion of his PhD in 1942, Feynman held an appointment at the University of Wisconsin–Madison as an assistant professor of physics. The appointment was spent on leave for his involvement in the Manhattan project. In 1945, he received a letter from Dean Mark Ingraham of the College of Letters and Scien... | Which year did Feyman complete his PhD? | {
"text": [
"1942"
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"answer_start": [
39
]
} |
572e843cc246551400ce42ab | Richard_Feynman | Following the completion of his PhD in 1942, Feynman held an appointment at the University of Wisconsin–Madison as an assistant professor of physics. The appointment was spent on leave for his involvement in the Manhattan project. In 1945, he received a letter from Dean Mark Ingraham of the College of Letters and Scien... | Where did Feynman spend his time during his contract at UW? | {
"text": [
"Manhattan project"
],
"answer_start": [
212
]
} |
572e84dcdfa6aa1500f8d079 | Richard_Feynman | After the war, Feynman declined an offer from the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, despite the presence there of such distinguished faculty members as Albert Einstein, Kurt Gödel and John von Neumann. Feynman followed Hans Bethe, instead, to Cornell University, where Feynman taught theoretical phy... | At which college did Feyman turn down a job? | {
"text": [
"Institute for Advanced Study"
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"answer_start": [
50
]
} |
572e84dcdfa6aa1500f8d07a | Richard_Feynman | After the war, Feynman declined an offer from the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, despite the presence there of such distinguished faculty members as Albert Einstein, Kurt Gödel and John von Neumann. Feynman followed Hans Bethe, instead, to Cornell University, where Feynman taught theoretical phy... | Where did Feyman accept a job after the war? | {
"text": [
"Cornell University"
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"answer_start": [
264
]
} |
572e84dcdfa6aa1500f8d07b | Richard_Feynman | After the war, Feynman declined an offer from the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, despite the presence there of such distinguished faculty members as Albert Einstein, Kurt Gödel and John von Neumann. Feynman followed Hans Bethe, instead, to Cornell University, where Feynman taught theoretical phy... | Which colleague did Feynman follow to Cornell? | {
"text": [
"Hans Bethe"
],
"answer_start": [
240
]
} |
572e84dcdfa6aa1500f8d07c | Richard_Feynman | After the war, Feynman declined an offer from the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, despite the presence there of such distinguished faculty members as Albert Einstein, Kurt Gödel and John von Neumann. Feynman followed Hans Bethe, instead, to Cornell University, where Feynman taught theoretical phy... | Why did Feynman go through a depression? | {
"text": [
"destruction of Hiroshima by the bomb"
],
"answer_start": [
388
]
} |
572e84dcdfa6aa1500f8d07d | Richard_Feynman | After the war, Feynman declined an offer from the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, despite the presence there of such distinguished faculty members as Albert Einstein, Kurt Gödel and John von Neumann. Feynman followed Hans Bethe, instead, to Cornell University, where Feynman taught theoretical phy... | His work at Cornell helped contribute to his what? | {
"text": [
"Nobel Prize–winning work"
],
"answer_start": [
767
]
} |
572e85a3cb0c0d14000f123e | Richard_Feynman | Despite yet another offer from the Institute for Advanced Study, Feynman rejected the Institute on the grounds that there were no teaching duties: Feynman felt that students were a source of inspiration and teaching was a diversion during uncreative spells. Because of this, the Institute for Advanced Study and Princeto... | Why did Feynman decide to turn down an offer from the Institute of Advanced Study? | {
"text": [
"no teaching duties"
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"answer_start": [
127
]
} |
572e85a3cb0c0d14000f123f | Richard_Feynman | Despite yet another offer from the Institute for Advanced Study, Feynman rejected the Institute on the grounds that there were no teaching duties: Feynman felt that students were a source of inspiration and teaching was a diversion during uncreative spells. Because of this, the Institute for Advanced Study and Princeto... | Where did Feynman receive much inspiration? | {
"text": [
"students"
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"answer_start": [
165
]
} |
572e85a3cb0c0d14000f1240 | Richard_Feynman | Despite yet another offer from the Institute for Advanced Study, Feynman rejected the Institute on the grounds that there were no teaching duties: Feynman felt that students were a source of inspiration and teaching was a diversion during uncreative spells. Because of this, the Institute for Advanced Study and Princeto... | The Institute of Advanced Study and which other university colluded together to get Feynman a position? | {
"text": [
"Princeton University"
],
"answer_start": [
312
]
} |
572e85a3cb0c0d14000f1241 | Richard_Feynman | Despite yet another offer from the Institute for Advanced Study, Feynman rejected the Institute on the grounds that there were no teaching duties: Feynman felt that students were a source of inspiration and teaching was a diversion during uncreative spells. Because of this, the Institute for Advanced Study and Princeto... | Ultimately Feynman decided to take a job at which college? | {
"text": [
"California Institute of Technology"
],
"answer_start": [
494
]
} |
572e85a3cb0c0d14000f1242 | Richard_Feynman | Despite yet another offer from the Institute for Advanced Study, Feynman rejected the Institute on the grounds that there were no teaching duties: Feynman felt that students were a source of inspiration and teaching was a diversion during uncreative spells. Because of this, the Institute for Advanced Study and Princeto... | In which city did Feynman find himself affixing tire chains? | {
"text": [
"Ithaca"
],
"answer_start": [
758
]
} |
572e86b8dfa6aa1500f8d0a9 | Richard_Feynman | Feynman has been called the "Great Explainer". He gained a reputation for taking great care when giving explanations to his students and for making it a moral duty to make the topic accessible. His guiding principle was that, if a topic could not be explained in a freshman lecture, it was not yet fully understood. Feyn... | Which nickname did Feynman receive? | {
"text": [
"Great Explainer"
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"answer_start": [
29
]
} |
572e86b8dfa6aa1500f8d0aa | Richard_Feynman | Feynman has been called the "Great Explainer". He gained a reputation for taking great care when giving explanations to his students and for making it a moral duty to make the topic accessible. His guiding principle was that, if a topic could not be explained in a freshman lecture, it was not yet fully understood. Feyn... | Feynman believed that if a topic was not easily accessible to freshmen than it was not yet what? | {
"text": [
"fully understood"
],
"answer_start": [
298
]
} |
572e86b8dfa6aa1500f8d0ab | Richard_Feynman | Feynman has been called the "Great Explainer". He gained a reputation for taking great care when giving explanations to his students and for making it a moral duty to make the topic accessible. His guiding principle was that, if a topic could not be explained in a freshman lecture, it was not yet fully understood. Feyn... | In a lecture, Feynman said that what had to exist? | {
"text": [
"antiparticles"
],
"answer_start": [
966
]
} |
572e86b8dfa6aa1500f8d0ac | Richard_Feynman | Feynman has been called the "Great Explainer". He gained a reputation for taking great care when giving explanations to his students and for making it a moral duty to make the topic accessible. His guiding principle was that, if a topic could not be explained in a freshman lecture, it was not yet fully understood. Feyn... | Antiparticles had to exist because if particles only were of positive energy, they would not be in what? | {
"text": [
"light cone"
],
"answer_start": [
1082
]
} |
572e87bedfa6aa1500f8d0cb | Richard_Feynman | He also developed Feynman diagrams, a bookkeeping device that helps in conceptualizing and calculating interactions between particles in spacetime, including the interactions between electrons and their antimatter counterparts, positrons. This device allowed him, and later others, to approach time reversibility and oth... | What did Feynman produce that help in understanding calculations between particles in space and time? | {
"text": [
"Feynman diagrams"
],
"answer_start": [
18
]
} |
572e87bedfa6aa1500f8d0cc | Richard_Feynman | He also developed Feynman diagrams, a bookkeeping device that helps in conceptualizing and calculating interactions between particles in spacetime, including the interactions between electrons and their antimatter counterparts, positrons. This device allowed him, and later others, to approach time reversibility and oth... | What is the name of the antimatter counterpart of electrons? | {
"text": [
"positrons"
],
"answer_start": [
228
]
} |
572e87bedfa6aa1500f8d0cd | Richard_Feynman | He also developed Feynman diagrams, a bookkeeping device that helps in conceptualizing and calculating interactions between particles in spacetime, including the interactions between electrons and their antimatter counterparts, positrons. This device allowed him, and later others, to approach time reversibility and oth... | Where did Feynman paint his diagrams? | {
"text": [
"his van"
],
"answer_start": [
667
]
} |
572e87bedfa6aa1500f8d0ce | Richard_Feynman | He also developed Feynman diagrams, a bookkeeping device that helps in conceptualizing and calculating interactions between particles in spacetime, including the interactions between electrons and their antimatter counterparts, positrons. This device allowed him, and later others, to approach time reversibility and oth... | What did Feynman digrams allow him and others to do? | {
"text": [
"approach time reversibility and other fundamental processes"
],
"answer_start": [
285
]
} |
572e88aadfa6aa1500f8d0d3 | Richard_Feynman | From his diagrams of a small number of particles interacting in spacetime, Feynman could then model all of physics in terms of the spins of those particles and the range of coupling of the fundamental forces. Feynman attempted an explanation of the strong interactions governing nucleons scattering called the parton mod... | What model did Murray Gell-Mann develop? | {
"text": [
"quark model"
],
"answer_start": [
372
]
} |
572e88aadfa6aa1500f8d0d4 | Richard_Feynman | From his diagrams of a small number of particles interacting in spacetime, Feynman could then model all of physics in terms of the spins of those particles and the range of coupling of the fundamental forces. Feynman attempted an explanation of the strong interactions governing nucleons scattering called the parton mod... | What model did Feynman produce to complement the quark model? | {
"text": [
"parton model"
],
"answer_start": [
328
]
} |
572e88aadfa6aa1500f8d0d5 | Richard_Feynman | From his diagrams of a small number of particles interacting in spacetime, Feynman could then model all of physics in terms of the spins of those particles and the range of coupling of the fundamental forces. Feynman attempted an explanation of the strong interactions governing nucleons scattering called the parton mod... | Quarks were thought of as what in the 1960s? | {
"text": [
"not real particles"
],
"answer_start": [
656
]
} |
572e88aadfa6aa1500f8d0d6 | Richard_Feynman | From his diagrams of a small number of particles interacting in spacetime, Feynman could then model all of physics in terms of the spins of those particles and the range of coupling of the fundamental forces. Feynman attempted an explanation of the strong interactions governing nucleons scattering called the parton mod... | Which scientist experimented with blasting alpha particles at the nuclei of gold? | {
"text": [
"Ernest Rutherford"
],
"answer_start": [
946
]
} |
572e88aadfa6aa1500f8d0d7 | Richard_Feynman | From his diagrams of a small number of particles interacting in spacetime, Feynman could then model all of physics in terms of the spins of those particles and the range of coupling of the fundamental forces. Feynman attempted an explanation of the strong interactions governing nucleons scattering called the parton mod... | After the fifth quark was discovered, Feynman said what had to also exist? | {
"text": [
"sixth quark"
],
"answer_start": [
1817
]
} |
572e89d0c246551400ce4302 | Richard_Feynman | After the success of quantum electrodynamics, Feynman turned to quantum gravity. By analogy with the photon, which has spin 1, he investigated the consequences of a free massless spin 2 field, and derived the Einstein field equation of general relativity, but little more. The computational device that Feynman discovere... | Where did Feynman find success before moving to quantum gravity | {
"text": [
"quantum electrodynamics"
],
"answer_start": [
21
]
} |
572e89d0c246551400ce4303 | Richard_Feynman | After the success of quantum electrodynamics, Feynman turned to quantum gravity. By analogy with the photon, which has spin 1, he investigated the consequences of a free massless spin 2 field, and derived the Einstein field equation of general relativity, but little more. The computational device that Feynman discovere... | What did Feynman investigate while working on quantum gravity? | {
"text": [
"consequences of a free massless spin 2 field"
],
"answer_start": [
147
]
} |
572e89d0c246551400ce4304 | Richard_Feynman | After the success of quantum electrodynamics, Feynman turned to quantum gravity. By analogy with the photon, which has spin 1, he investigated the consequences of a free massless spin 2 field, and derived the Einstein field equation of general relativity, but little more. The computational device that Feynman discovere... | What equation did Feyman derive? | {
"text": [
"Einstein field equation of general relativity"
],
"answer_start": [
209
]
} |
572e89d0c246551400ce4305 | Richard_Feynman | After the success of quantum electrodynamics, Feynman turned to quantum gravity. By analogy with the photon, which has spin 1, he investigated the consequences of a free massless spin 2 field, and derived the Einstein field equation of general relativity, but little more. The computational device that Feynman discovere... | What did Feynman's discoveries help explain? | {
"text": [
"Yang–Mills theories"
],
"answer_start": [
540
]
} |
572e89d0c246551400ce4306 | Richard_Feynman | After the success of quantum electrodynamics, Feynman turned to quantum gravity. By analogy with the photon, which has spin 1, he investigated the consequences of a free massless spin 2 field, and derived the Einstein field equation of general relativity, but little more. The computational device that Feynman discovere... | Which parts of the Yang-Mills theories did Feynman help explain? | {
"text": [
"QCD and the electro-weak theory"
],
"answer_start": [
574
]
} |
572e8b9edfa6aa1500f8d101 | Richard_Feynman | Feynman was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS) in 1965. At this time in the early 1960s, Feynman exhausted himself by working on multiple major projects at the same time, including a request, while at Caltech, to "spruce up" the teaching of undergraduates. After three years devoted to the task, he... | Which society was Feynman elected to? | {
"text": [
"Royal Society"
],
"answer_start": [
44
]
} |
572e8b9edfa6aa1500f8d102 | Richard_Feynman | Feynman was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS) in 1965. At this time in the early 1960s, Feynman exhausted himself by working on multiple major projects at the same time, including a request, while at Caltech, to "spruce up" the teaching of undergraduates. After three years devoted to the task, he... | After 3 years at Caltech what lectures did Feynman produce? | {
"text": [
"The Feynman Lectures on Physics"
],
"answer_start": [
374
]
} |
572e8b9edfa6aa1500f8d103 | Richard_Feynman | Feynman was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS) in 1965. At this time in the early 1960s, Feynman exhausted himself by working on multiple major projects at the same time, including a request, while at Caltech, to "spruce up" the teaching of undergraduates. After three years devoted to the task, he... | Why did publisher change the cover picture on Feynman's book? | {
"text": [
"connections to drugs and rock and roll"
],
"answer_start": [
543
]
} |
572e8b9edfa6aa1500f8d104 | Richard_Feynman | Feynman was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS) in 1965. At this time in the early 1960s, Feynman exhausted himself by working on multiple major projects at the same time, including a request, while at Caltech, to "spruce up" the teaching of undergraduates. After three years devoted to the task, he... | In his book, Feynman was shown playing what instrument? | {
"text": [
"drums"
],
"answer_start": [
710
]
} |
572e8c7dcb0c0d14000f1288 | Richard_Feynman | In 1974, Feynman delivered the Caltech commencement address on the topic of cargo cult science, which has the semblance of science, but is only pseudoscience due to a lack of "a kind of scientific integrity, a principle of scientific thought that corresponds to a kind of utter honesty" on the part of the scientist. He ... | In which year did Feynman orate the Caltech commencement speech? | {
"text": [
"1974"
],
"answer_start": [
3
]
} |
572e8c7dcb0c0d14000f1289 | Richard_Feynman | In 1974, Feynman delivered the Caltech commencement address on the topic of cargo cult science, which has the semblance of science, but is only pseudoscience due to a lack of "a kind of scientific integrity, a principle of scientific thought that corresponds to a kind of utter honesty" on the part of the scientist. He ... | Which topic did Feynman's commencement speech at Caltech center around? | {
"text": [
"cargo cult science"
],
"answer_start": [
76
]
} |
572e8c7dcb0c0d14000f128a | Richard_Feynman | In 1974, Feynman delivered the Caltech commencement address on the topic of cargo cult science, which has the semblance of science, but is only pseudoscience due to a lack of "a kind of scientific integrity, a principle of scientific thought that corresponds to a kind of utter honesty" on the part of the scientist. He ... | What is cargo cult science? | {
"text": [
"pseudoscience"
],
"answer_start": [
144
]
} |
572e8c7dcb0c0d14000f128b | Richard_Feynman | In 1974, Feynman delivered the Caltech commencement address on the topic of cargo cult science, which has the semblance of science, but is only pseudoscience due to a lack of "a kind of scientific integrity, a principle of scientific thought that corresponds to a kind of utter honesty" on the part of the scientist. He ... | What did Feyman tell the class that they must not do to themselves? | {
"text": [
"fool yourself"
],
"answer_start": [
399
]
} |
572e8d5bc246551400ce4332 | Richard_Feynman | In the late 1980s, according to "Richard Feynman and the Connection Machine", Feynman played a crucial role in developing the first massively parallel computer, and in finding innovative uses for it in numerical computations, in building neural networks, as well as physical simulations using cellular automata (such as ... | What did Feynman help develop in the 1980s? | {
"text": [
"parallel computer"
],
"answer_start": [
142
]
} |
572e8d5bc246551400ce4333 | Richard_Feynman | In the late 1980s, according to "Richard Feynman and the Connection Machine", Feynman played a crucial role in developing the first massively parallel computer, and in finding innovative uses for it in numerical computations, in building neural networks, as well as physical simulations using cellular automata (such as ... | Who did Feynman work with on computers at Caltech? | {
"text": [
"Stephen Wolfram"
],
"answer_start": [
356
]
} |
572e8d5bc246551400ce4334 | Richard_Feynman | In the late 1980s, according to "Richard Feynman and the Connection Machine", Feynman played a crucial role in developing the first massively parallel computer, and in finding innovative uses for it in numerical computations, in building neural networks, as well as physical simulations using cellular automata (such as ... | Who else worked with Feynman on developing computers? | {
"text": [
"His son Carl"
],
"answer_start": [
384
]
} |
572e8d5bc246551400ce4335 | Richard_Feynman | In the late 1980s, according to "Richard Feynman and the Connection Machine", Feynman played a crucial role in developing the first massively parallel computer, and in finding innovative uses for it in numerical computations, in building neural networks, as well as physical simulations using cellular automata (such as ... | What specifically did his son work on? | {
"text": [
"software"
],
"answer_start": [
549
]
} |
572e8d5bc246551400ce4336 | Richard_Feynman | In the late 1980s, according to "Richard Feynman and the Connection Machine", Feynman played a crucial role in developing the first massively parallel computer, and in finding innovative uses for it in numerical computations, in building neural networks, as well as physical simulations using cellular automata (such as ... | What did Feyman do while his son worked on software? | {
"text": [
"influencing the interconnects"
],
"answer_start": [
491
]
} |
572e8ddfc246551400ce433c | Richard_Feynman | Feynman diagrams are now fundamental for string theory and M-theory, and have even been extended topologically. The world-lines of the diagrams have developed to become tubes to allow better modeling of more complicated objects such as strings and membranes. Shortly before his death, Feynman criticized string theory in... | What theories do Feynman diagrams help explain? | {
"text": [
"string theory and M-theory"
],
"answer_start": [
41
]
} |
572e8ddfc246551400ce433d | Richard_Feynman | Feynman diagrams are now fundamental for string theory and M-theory, and have even been extended topologically. The world-lines of the diagrams have developed to become tubes to allow better modeling of more complicated objects such as strings and membranes. Shortly before his death, Feynman criticized string theory in... | The diagrams have been made from lines into what 3 dimensional shape? | {
"text": [
"tubes"
],
"answer_start": [
169
]
} |
572e8ddfc246551400ce433e | Richard_Feynman | Feynman diagrams are now fundamental for string theory and M-theory, and have even been extended topologically. The world-lines of the diagrams have developed to become tubes to allow better modeling of more complicated objects such as strings and membranes. Shortly before his death, Feynman criticized string theory in... | What angst did Feynman have against string theorists? | {
"text": [
"they don't check their ideas"
],
"answer_start": [
417
]
} |
572e8ddfc246551400ce433f | Richard_Feynman | Feynman diagrams are now fundamental for string theory and M-theory, and have even been extended topologically. The world-lines of the diagrams have developed to become tubes to allow better modeling of more complicated objects such as strings and membranes. Shortly before his death, Feynman criticized string theory in... | Which quote by Feynman is often used by string theory opponents? | {
"text": [
"'Well, it still might be true.'\""
],
"answer_start": [
558
]
} |
572e8f2edfa6aa1500f8d133 | Richard_Feynman | Feynman devoted the latter half of his book What Do You Care What Other People Think? to his experience on the Rogers Commission, straying from his usual convention of brief, light-hearted anecdotes to deliver an extended and sober narrative. Feynman's account reveals a disconnect between NASA's engineers and executive... | Feyman's experience on the Rogers Commission was talked about is which of his books? | {
"text": [
"What Do You Care What Other People Think?"
],
"answer_start": [
44
]
} |
572e8f2edfa6aa1500f8d134 | Richard_Feynman | Feynman devoted the latter half of his book What Do You Care What Other People Think? to his experience on the Rogers Commission, straying from his usual convention of brief, light-hearted anecdotes to deliver an extended and sober narrative. Feynman's account reveals a disconnect between NASA's engineers and executive... | In which way did he write about his experience on the Rogers Commission? | {
"text": [
"sober narrative"
],
"answer_start": [
226
]
} |
572e8f2edfa6aa1500f8d135 | Richard_Feynman | Feynman devoted the latter half of his book What Do You Care What Other People Think? to his experience on the Rogers Commission, straying from his usual convention of brief, light-hearted anecdotes to deliver an extended and sober narrative. Feynman's account reveals a disconnect between NASA's engineers and executive... | His writings about the Rogers Commission showed that trouble was brewing between scientists and executives at which prolific institute? | {
"text": [
"NASA"
],
"answer_start": [
385
]
} |
572e8f2edfa6aa1500f8d136 | Richard_Feynman | Feynman devoted the latter half of his book What Do You Care What Other People Think? to his experience on the Rogers Commission, straying from his usual convention of brief, light-hearted anecdotes to deliver an extended and sober narrative. Feynman's account reveals a disconnect between NASA's engineers and executive... | While the higher-ups said a failure was unlikely, at 1 in 100,000 odds, the scientists felt the odd were what? | {
"text": [
"1 in 200"
],
"answer_start": [
694
]
} |
572e8f2edfa6aa1500f8d137 | Richard_Feynman | Feynman devoted the latter half of his book What Do You Care What Other People Think? to his experience on the Rogers Commission, straying from his usual convention of brief, light-hearted anecdotes to deliver an extended and sober narrative. Feynman's account reveals a disconnect between NASA's engineers and executive... | Who did NASA recruit by using flawed safety numbers? | {
"text": [
"Christa McAuliffe"
],
"answer_start": [
883
]
} |
572e8fdecb0c0d14000f1298 | Richard_Feynman | Although born to and raised by parents who were Ashkenazi, Feynman was not only an atheist, but declined to be labelled Jewish. He routinely refused to be included in lists or books that classified people by race. He asked to not be included in Tina Levitan's The Laureates: Jewish Winners of the Nobel Prize, writing, "... | Which religious sect did Feynman refuse to be part of? | {
"text": [
"Jewish"
],
"answer_start": [
120
]
} |
572e8fdecb0c0d14000f1299 | Richard_Feynman | Although born to and raised by parents who were Ashkenazi, Feynman was not only an atheist, but declined to be labelled Jewish. He routinely refused to be included in lists or books that classified people by race. He asked to not be included in Tina Levitan's The Laureates: Jewish Winners of the Nobel Prize, writing, "... | Which book did Feynman decline to be listed in? | {
"text": [
"The Laureates: Jewish Winners of the Nobel Prize"
],
"answer_start": [
260
]
} |
572e8fdecb0c0d14000f129a | Richard_Feynman | Although born to and raised by parents who were Ashkenazi, Feynman was not only an atheist, but declined to be labelled Jewish. He routinely refused to be included in lists or books that classified people by race. He asked to not be included in Tina Levitan's The Laureates: Jewish Winners of the Nobel Prize, writing, "... | What did Feynman believe that the Jewish people were not? | {
"text": [
"the chosen people"
],
"answer_start": [
627
]
} |
572e8fdecb0c0d14000f129b | Richard_Feynman | Although born to and raised by parents who were Ashkenazi, Feynman was not only an atheist, but declined to be labelled Jewish. He routinely refused to be included in lists or books that classified people by race. He asked to not be included in Tina Levitan's The Laureates: Jewish Winners of the Nobel Prize, writing, "... | What religious affiliation did Feynman have? | {
"text": [
"atheist"
],
"answer_start": [
83
]
} |
572e8fdecb0c0d14000f129c | Richard_Feynman | Although born to and raised by parents who were Ashkenazi, Feynman was not only an atheist, but declined to be labelled Jewish. He routinely refused to be included in lists or books that classified people by race. He asked to not be included in Tina Levitan's The Laureates: Jewish Winners of the Nobel Prize, writing, "... | Feynman did not like to be listed in anything that labeled people by what standard? | {
"text": [
"race"
],
"answer_start": [
208
]
} |
572e904bdfa6aa1500f8d147 | Richard_Feynman | While pursuing his PhD at Princeton, Feynman married his high school sweetheart, Arline Greenbaum (often misspelled "Arlene"), despite the knowledge that she was seriously ill with tuberculosis—an incurable disease at the time. She died in 1945. In 1946, Feynman wrote a letter to her, expressing his deep love and heart... | Who was Feynman's wife? | {
"text": [
"Arline Greenbaum"
],
"answer_start": [
81
]
} |
572e904bdfa6aa1500f8d148 | Richard_Feynman | While pursuing his PhD at Princeton, Feynman married his high school sweetheart, Arline Greenbaum (often misspelled "Arlene"), despite the knowledge that she was seriously ill with tuberculosis—an incurable disease at the time. She died in 1945. In 1946, Feynman wrote a letter to her, expressing his deep love and heart... | Which disease did Arline succumb to? | {
"text": [
"tuberculosis"
],
"answer_start": [
181
]
} |
572e904bdfa6aa1500f8d149 | Richard_Feynman | While pursuing his PhD at Princeton, Feynman married his high school sweetheart, Arline Greenbaum (often misspelled "Arlene"), despite the knowledge that she was seriously ill with tuberculosis—an incurable disease at the time. She died in 1945. In 1946, Feynman wrote a letter to her, expressing his deep love and heart... | In which year did his wife die? | {
"text": [
"1945"
],
"answer_start": [
240
]
} |
572e904bdfa6aa1500f8d14a | Richard_Feynman | While pursuing his PhD at Princeton, Feynman married his high school sweetheart, Arline Greenbaum (often misspelled "Arlene"), despite the knowledge that she was seriously ill with tuberculosis—an incurable disease at the time. She died in 1945. In 1946, Feynman wrote a letter to her, expressing his deep love and heart... | Who played a cameo in a film about Feynman? | {
"text": [
"Feynman's daughter, Michelle"
],
"answer_start": [
551
]
} |
572e904bdfa6aa1500f8d14b | Richard_Feynman | While pursuing his PhD at Princeton, Feynman married his high school sweetheart, Arline Greenbaum (often misspelled "Arlene"), despite the knowledge that she was seriously ill with tuberculosis—an incurable disease at the time. She died in 1945. In 1946, Feynman wrote a letter to her, expressing his deep love and heart... | What was the name of the film that showed Feynman's life? | {
"text": [
"Infinity"
],
"answer_start": [
526
]
} |
572e90e4cb0c0d14000f12bc | Richard_Feynman | Feynman had a great deal of success teaching Carl, using, for example, discussions about ants and Martians as a device for gaining perspective on problems and issues. He was surprised to learn that the same teaching devices were not useful with Michelle. Mathematics was a common interest for father and son; they both e... | What analogies did Feynman use to teach Carl? | {
"text": [
"ants and Martians"
],
"answer_start": [
89
]
} |
572e90e4cb0c0d14000f12bd | Richard_Feynman | Feynman had a great deal of success teaching Carl, using, for example, discussions about ants and Martians as a device for gaining perspective on problems and issues. He was surprised to learn that the same teaching devices were not useful with Michelle. Mathematics was a common interest for father and son; they both e... | Which subject did Feynman and Carl both enjoy? | {
"text": [
"Mathematics"
],
"answer_start": [
255
]
} |
572e90e4cb0c0d14000f12be | Richard_Feynman | Feynman had a great deal of success teaching Carl, using, for example, discussions about ants and Martians as a device for gaining perspective on problems and issues. He was surprised to learn that the same teaching devices were not useful with Michelle. Mathematics was a common interest for father and son; they both e... | What type of computing did Feynman and his son help develop? | {
"text": [
"parallel computing"
],
"answer_start": [
474
]
} |
572e90e4cb0c0d14000f12bf | Richard_Feynman | Feynman had a great deal of success teaching Carl, using, for example, discussions about ants and Martians as a device for gaining perspective on problems and issues. He was surprised to learn that the same teaching devices were not useful with Michelle. Mathematics was a common interest for father and son; they both e... | What Laboratory employed Feynman for critical missions? | {
"text": [
"The Jet Propulsion Laboratory"
],
"answer_start": [
494
]
} |
572e90e4cb0c0d14000f12c0 | Richard_Feynman | Feynman had a great deal of success teaching Carl, using, for example, discussions about ants and Martians as a device for gaining perspective on problems and issues. He was surprised to learn that the same teaching devices were not useful with Michelle. Mathematics was a common interest for father and son; they both e... | What fictional character was Feynman compared to by a colleague? | {
"text": [
"Don Quixote"
],
"answer_start": [
644
]
} |
572e916a03f98919007567bb | Richard_Feynman | Feynman traveled to Brazil, where he gave courses at the BCPF (Brazilian Center for Physics Research) and near the end of his life schemed to visit the Russian land of Tuva, a dream that, because of Cold War bureaucratic problems, never became reality. The day after he died, a letter arrived for him from the Soviet gov... | Where did Feynman work at in Brazil? | {
"text": [
"Brazilian Center for Physics Research"
],
"answer_start": [
63
]
} |
572e916a03f98919007567bc | Richard_Feynman | Feynman traveled to Brazil, where he gave courses at the BCPF (Brazilian Center for Physics Research) and near the end of his life schemed to visit the Russian land of Tuva, a dream that, because of Cold War bureaucratic problems, never became reality. The day after he died, a letter arrived for him from the Soviet gov... | Which place in Russia could Feynman not visit, but wished to do so? | {
"text": [
"Tuva"
],
"answer_start": [
168
]
} |
572e916a03f98919007567bd | Richard_Feynman | Feynman traveled to Brazil, where he gave courses at the BCPF (Brazilian Center for Physics Research) and near the end of his life schemed to visit the Russian land of Tuva, a dream that, because of Cold War bureaucratic problems, never became reality. The day after he died, a letter arrived for him from the Soviet gov... | When was Feynman allowed to go to Tuva? | {
"text": [
"The day after he died"
],
"answer_start": [
253
]
} |
572e916a03f98919007567be | Richard_Feynman | Feynman traveled to Brazil, where he gave courses at the BCPF (Brazilian Center for Physics Research) and near the end of his life schemed to visit the Russian land of Tuva, a dream that, because of Cold War bureaucratic problems, never became reality. The day after he died, a letter arrived for him from the Soviet gov... | Who went to Tuva in Feynman's stead? | {
"text": [
"Feynman's daughter Michelle"
],
"answer_start": [
379
]
} |
572e916a03f98919007567bf | Richard_Feynman | Feynman traveled to Brazil, where he gave courses at the BCPF (Brazilian Center for Physics Research) and near the end of his life schemed to visit the Russian land of Tuva, a dream that, because of Cold War bureaucratic problems, never became reality. The day after he died, a letter arrived for him from the Soviet gov... | What is the name of the film that discusses Feynman's attempt to get to Tuva? | {
"text": [
"Genghis Blues"
],
"answer_start": [
714
]
} |
572e91f8c246551400ce4360 | Richard_Feynman | According to Genius, the James Gleick-authored biography, Feynman tried LSD during his professorship at Caltech. Somewhat embarrassed by his actions, he largely sidestepped the issue when dictating his anecdotes; he mentions it in passing in the "O Americano, Outra Vez" section, while the "Altered States" chapter in Su... | Which illicit drug did Feynman try at Caltech? | {
"text": [
"LSD"
],
"answer_start": [
72
]
} |
572e91f8c246551400ce4361 | Richard_Feynman | According to Genius, the James Gleick-authored biography, Feynman tried LSD during his professorship at Caltech. Somewhat embarrassed by his actions, he largely sidestepped the issue when dictating his anecdotes; he mentions it in passing in the "O Americano, Outra Vez" section, while the "Altered States" chapter in Su... | What substance did Feynman give up later in life? | {
"text": [
"alcohol"
],
"answer_start": [
504
]
} |
572e91f8c246551400ce4363 | Richard_Feynman | According to Genius, the James Gleick-authored biography, Feynman tried LSD during his professorship at Caltech. Somewhat embarrassed by his actions, he largely sidestepped the issue when dictating his anecdotes; he mentions it in passing in the "O Americano, Outra Vez" section, while the "Altered States" chapter in Su... | In what book did he talk about his LSD use? | {
"text": [
"O Americano, Outra Vez"
],
"answer_start": [
656
]
} |
572e9284dfa6aa1500f8d16f | Richard_Feynman | In Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!, he gives advice on the best way to pick up a girl in a hostess bar. At Caltech, he used a nude or topless bar as an office away from his usual office, making sketches or writing physics equations on paper placemats. When the county officials tried to close the place, all visitors ... | Which book does Feynman detail was to pick up girls? | {
"text": [
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman"
],
"answer_start": [
3
]
} |
572e9284dfa6aa1500f8d170 | Richard_Feynman | In Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!, he gives advice on the best way to pick up a girl in a hostess bar. At Caltech, he used a nude or topless bar as an office away from his usual office, making sketches or writing physics equations on paper placemats. When the county officials tried to close the place, all visitors ... | Where was his second office at Caltech? | {
"text": [
"topless bar"
],
"answer_start": [
137
]
} |
572e9284dfa6aa1500f8d171 | Richard_Feynman | In Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!, he gives advice on the best way to pick up a girl in a hostess bar. At Caltech, he used a nude or topless bar as an office away from his usual office, making sketches or writing physics equations on paper placemats. When the county officials tried to close the place, all visitors ... | Who was the only person to testify that the topless bar should remain open? | {
"text": [
"Feynman"
],
"answer_start": [
451
]
} |
572e9284dfa6aa1500f8d172 | Richard_Feynman | In Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!, he gives advice on the best way to pick up a girl in a hostess bar. At Caltech, he used a nude or topless bar as an office away from his usual office, making sketches or writing physics equations on paper placemats. When the county officials tried to close the place, all visitors ... | Where did Feynman write down his equations at the topless bar? | {
"text": [
"paper placemats"
],
"answer_start": [
238
]
} |
572e9284dfa6aa1500f8d173 | Richard_Feynman | In Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!, he gives advice on the best way to pick up a girl in a hostess bar. At Caltech, he used a nude or topless bar as an office away from his usual office, making sketches or writing physics equations on paper placemats. When the county officials tried to close the place, all visitors ... | Who tried to shut the topless bar down? | {
"text": [
"county officials"
],
"answer_start": [
264
]
} |
572e9358cb0c0d14000f12ec | Richard_Feynman | In a 1992 New York Times article on Feynman and his legacy, James Gleick recounts the story of how Murray Gell-Mann described what has become known as "The Feynman Algorithm" or "The Feynman Problem-Solving Algorithm" to a student: "The student asks Gell-Mann about Feynman's notes. Gell-Mann says no, Dick's methods are... | Which paper published a story about Feynman in 1992? | {
"text": [
"New York Times"
],
"answer_start": [
10
]
} |
572e9358cb0c0d14000f12ed | Richard_Feynman | In a 1992 New York Times article on Feynman and his legacy, James Gleick recounts the story of how Murray Gell-Mann described what has become known as "The Feynman Algorithm" or "The Feynman Problem-Solving Algorithm" to a student: "The student asks Gell-Mann about Feynman's notes. Gell-Mann says no, Dick's methods are... | Who helped tell the 1992 New York Times story about Feynman? | {
"text": [
"James Gleick"
],
"answer_start": [
60
]
} |
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