physics

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,488

By Erik Loomis

In General

On November 25, 2023

This is the grave of Richard Feynman. Born in 1918 in New York, Feynman grew up in a middle class Jewish immigrant home that placed a high value on education and never accepting anything as a given. Question everything always is something I can get...

General

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,438

By Erik Loomis

On September 14, 2023

This is the grave of Mildred Dresselhaus. Born in 1930 in Brooklyn, Mildred Spiewak grew up in a immigrant Jewish family. Both her parents had immigrated from Poland. Good call..

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 202

By Erik Loomis

On February 8, 2018

This is the grave of Enrico Fermi. Born in 1901 in Rome to a prominent political family, Fermi showed an unusual aptitude for physics from a very young age and.