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Richard Feynman's FBI Files Released
v3rgEz writes "The FBI files of noted physicist, esteemed author and all-around geek Richard Feynman have been released. Feynman and the FBI had an extended encounter after the Bureau discovered he had been invited to speak at the USSR, which set off a flurry of investigations into his loyalty — even as he pestered the State Department for guidance on whether he should or shouldn't go, guidance they only gave belatedly. Of particular interest to the FBI was his avid devotion to the art of lock picking, his high school membership in a socialism club (for social reasons, he swore), and the fact that he was a godless scientist who loved his bongo drums. Original documents are available. One other element? A seven-page letter detailing a conspiracy theory that Feynman was a sleeper agent for enemies unknown, but probably communist ones."
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surely_You%27re_Joking,_Mr._Feynman!
love is just extroverted narcissism
The House passed it 283-136, which is over 2/3 (though the President could have tried to flip four votes to 279-140). The Senate voted 86-13.
It was? Probably the name Qian Xuesen wont ring a bell, but in the madness of McCartismthey did a lot of funny things, from wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qian_Xuesen):
"During the 1940s Qian was one of the founders of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory[2] at the California Institute of Technology. During the Second Red Scare of the 1950s, the United States government accused Qian of having communist sympathies, and he was stripped of his security clearance[3] in 1950. Qian then decided to return to China, but instead was detained at Terminal Island[4] near Los Angeles. After spending 5 years under virtual house arrest,[5] Qian was released in 1955, in exchange for the repatriation of American pilots captured during the Korean War. Notified by U.S. authorities that he was free to go, Qian immediately arranged his departure, leaving for China in September 1955."
Of course, he was received in China with a ** big red carpet and sent straight to develop the Chinese program, no questions asked. And even afterwards, the evidence points that the guy never betrayed any secret (the Chinese rocket development started by a Russian model instead of cloning American design), so kudos for getting rid of a brilliant guy and export a missile program to a perceived enemy for free,
Was he a pedo? Did he want to go there to bone the natives? Sex tourism? Seems shady to me...
I'm sure you're trolling, but... uh, no. Feynman happened to come across recordings of Tuvan "throat-singing", an obscure tribal artform. Tuvan singers figured out some kind of crazy vocal technique which allows one singer to produce two notes (bass and a falsetto high note) at the same time. Feynman became obsessed with it, and wanted to meet Tuvan throat singers. (This wasn't Feynman's only musical obsession. He had a lifelong passion for drumming, and got good enough as an amateur to perform in public a few times.)
Search the web, you can probably find some recordings on youtube somewhere (or just watch the documentary fliptout linked) -- Tuvan throat singing is strange and unique and beautiful.