[Beowulf] Off topic - Feynman and The Challenger

Douglas Eadline deadline at eadline.org
Wed Feb 12 11:51:56 PST 2014


FYI, I liked it, found some things a little forced to
squeeze in some references to Feynman's other work.

I still recall seeing him in the televised hearings
demonstrating the frozen sealant and thinking that
is such a brilliant and simple demonstration of
the issue.

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Doug

> is this available anywhere? I marked it "to watch" and missed it!
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> GREG
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> On 19/03/13 09:35, Hearns, John wrote:
>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2013/mar/19/challenger-paul-hollywoods-bread-review
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>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00zstkn
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>> Very, very good TV programme yesterday in the UK. A dramatisation of
>> Feynman’s participation in the Challenger enquiry,
>>
>> Complete with excellent O-ring in ice water denoument.
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>> I’m not sure when/if you can see this in other countries.
>>
>> The BBC iPlayer is said to work if you have a proxy in the UK (ahem).
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