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Thompson, Arnie, 163
thought processes, in technicolor, 59
time sense, 55–59
Time, 89
Titan rocket, investigation of failure, 128–29
Togi (Japan), 80–82
top-down design, see also bottom-up design
of shuttle main engine, 226–29
of space shuttles, 184
tradition
Greek, 94–95
Indian, 61
Japanese, 80–81
Treasure Island, 31
Trinidad, 60–62
Tukey, John, 58–59
Ullian, Louis J., 221, 179–80
United Nations (Geneva), 63
University of California at Berkeley,
see Berkeley
University of Kanazawa, 79
University of Kyoto, 76
values
and authority, 248
and culture, 60–62
in science, 239
and uncertainty, 245
and utility, Buddhist proverb, 241
verification, of shuttle computer software, 234–35
Voltaire, 245
Walker, Arthur B. C, Jr., 127, 163
Walker, Bernie, 54
Warren, Earl (Chief Justice), 176n
Warren Commission Report, 176
Warsaw (Poland), 88
Washington Post, 155
Weeks, L. Michael, 133–38
Weibull distribution, 186
Weisskopf, Victor, 98
Wheeler, John A., 92, 99
Wheeler, Janet (Mrs. John A.), 92
Wheelon, Albert D., 127
whistle, in shuttle engine, 185
Wigner, Eugene, 44
Women’s Garment Workers Union, 42
Wood, Robert Williams, 147
Woodward, William (Bill), 42
wordsmithing, presidential commission report, 195–96
Yukawa, Hideki, 77, 77n
zinc chromate putty, 120–22, 121f, 135n
Table of Contents
Cover
About the Author
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Preface
‘What Do You Care What Other People Think?’
Part 1 A CURIOUS CHARACTER
The Making of a Scientist
“What Do You Care What Other People Think?”
It’s as Simple as One, Two, Three …
Getting Ahead
Hotel City
Who the Hell Is Herman?
Feynman Sexist Pig!
I Just Shook His Hand, Can You Believe It?
Letters
Photos and Drawings
Part 2 MR. FEYNMAN GOES TO WASHINGTON: INVESTIGATING THE SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER DISASTER
Preliminaries
Committing Suicide
The Cold Facts
Check Six!
Gumshoes
Fantastic Figures
An Inflamed Appendix
The Tenth Recommendation
Meet the Press
After Thoughts
Appendix F: Personal Observations on the Reliability of the Shuttle
Epilogue
The Value of Science
Index
Footnotes
The Making of a Scientist
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“What Do You Care What Other People Think?”
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I Just Shook His Hand, Can You Believe It?
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Letters
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Preliminaries
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The Cold Facts
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Check Six!
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Gumshoes
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Fantastic Figures
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The Tenth Recommendation
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Appendix
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The Value of Science
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