FEYNMAN, Richard P. (1918-1988). Typed letter signed ("R. P. Feynman"), to Mr. Jay Rothstein. Pasadena, California, 5 December 1966.

1 page, 4to, on California Institute of Technology stationery, creased and with staple-holes upper left corner, slight toning.

Feynman responds to Jay Rothstein's invitation to attend the Feynman Lecture Series at his alma mater, Far Rockaway High School, in Far Rockaway New York. He sends his regrets that he cannot attend, and remarks on the subject of the lecture, which "seems fine -- there need be no reason to limit it to physical science." He continues: "all the sciences are related and are as interesting as one another because they are descriptions of nature. The main problem to keep in view when struggling to get speakers is not so much the subject matter, but the scientific quality of the speaker. A good man interested in his work, and not a quack trying to sound important is what you need."

Feynman spoke at his alma mater, Far Rockaway High School, in January of 1965, at which point the school passed a resolution calling for a series of lectures in the social and natural sciences to honor Feynman and his work. [With:] A small archive of material relating to the 1966-1967 lecture series, including a poster advertising a lecture on Dinosaurs, a typed letter signed to Rothstein from the chairs of the Feynman Lecture Series Committee, a 3-page carbon copy of the Committee's introduction to one of the 1967 lectures, various newspaper clippings from the school's newspaper about the lectures, 4 black and white photographs of lecturers from the 1966-1967 series, and 3 tickets the lectures in that series.

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