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Dec. 4th, 2021|12:01 am |
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Feynman to George W. Beadle, 4 January 67
" Dear George,
Yours is the first honorary degree that I have ben offered, and I thank you for considering me for such an honor.
However, I remember the work I did to get a real degree at Princeton and the guys on the same platform receiving honorary degrees without work—and felt an “honorary degree” was a debasement of the idea of a “degree which confirms certain work has been accomplished.” It is like giving an “honorary electrician’s license.” I swore then that if by chance I was ever offered one, I would not accept it.
Now at last (twenty-five years later) you have given me a chance to carry out my vow.
So thank you, but I do not wish to accept the honorary degrees you offered.
Sincerely yours,
Richard P. Feynman
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Es lasīju laikam "Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman", bet vajadzētu būt iekļautam arī "Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track: The Letters of Richard P. Feynman"
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