r/feynman•1 yr. agoRoger Boisjoly identified problems with Space Shuttle booster O-rings in 1985. He flew to Huntsville to brief NASA managers, recommending suspension of cold-weather launches until the seals could be re-engineered. Months later, Challenger exploded on ascent, killing all seven astronauts on board.70ShareSave
r/feynman•2 yr. agoSketches and Paintings by Richard Feynmanamusingplanet.com/2009/12/sketches-and-painti...amusingplanet.com91ShareSave
r/feynman•2 yr. agoMathematicians finally solved Feynman’s “reverse sprinkler” problemarstechnica.com/science/2024/02/mathematician...arstechnica.com20ShareSave
r/ukpolitics•2 yr. agoPost Office execs paid bonuses for each postmaster convictedtelegraph.co.uk/news/2024/01/10/post-office-e...telegraph.co.uk441149ShareSave
r/unitedkingdom•2 yr. agoThe curious case of Captain Tom: how did the feelgood story of lockdown turn sour?theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/10/captain-t...theguardian.com146175ShareSave
r/OceanGateTitan•3 yr. agoWhy Does a Virginia Court Oversee the Titanic Shipwreck? It's possible it could oversee litigation surrounding the OceanGate submersible, toowashingtonian.com/2023/06/23/why-does-a-virgi...washingtonian.com46ShareSave
r/titanic•3 yr. agoWhy Does a Virginia Court Oversee the Titanic Shipwreck? The story involves a wine decanter from the Titanic and the quirks of a little-known subspecialty called “the law of salvage.”washingtonian.com/2023/06/23/why-does-a-virgi...washingtonian.com80ShareSave
r/feynman•3 yr. agoIn the early 1930s Richard Feynman's high school did not offer any courses on calculus. He decided to teach himself calculus and read Calculus for the Practical Man and took meticulous notes. Here is a look inside one of Feynman's notebooks.202ShareSave
r/feynman•3 yr. agoHow Feynman Diagrams Revolutionized Physics | Quanta Magazinequantamagazine.org/how-feynman-diagrams-revol...quantamagazine.org130ShareSave
r/feynman•4 yr. agoThe making of Chapter 46 of The Feynman Lecturesphysicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/pt.6.3....physicstoday.scitation.org50ShareSave
r/BrexitAteMyFace•4 yr. agoBrewery hailed as a Brexit export champion calls in administrators. A Kent brewery that the government proclaimed as an export champion after Brexit, is racing to find a buyer weeks after it revealed it had only one EU customer left.thetimes.co.uk/article/brewery-hailed-as-a-br...thetimes.co.uk20418ShareSave