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> Richard Feynman is famous for being an educator

It's amazing how deep the celebrity worship goes. No he's famous for being a mathematical physicist (his Nobel is in physics not education). He was actually a very mediocre educator - you can read his own assessments of his success/failure in teaching the "famous" intro courses.

Or you can ask literally any physics major that's actually had to use those books (they are horrible for actually learning from).



Most Nobel winners are not famous. I never said he was a stellar educator: I said he is famous for it, and that he is quite good at it.




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