John Preskill
speaker
321 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 29 May
John Preskill’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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For the first time, I heard the story of this love affair with Arlene when they were very, very young.
And she had tuberculosis.
She was going to die.
They knew she was going to die.
And they discussed this.
In the course of Feynman talking about his discussions with Arlene about death and what it all means, he got to the end and then he said, you know, I realized talking about this, about death, it just makes me very depressed and very unhappy.
So I think the answer is, if you don't mind, don't ask me about it.
It was really interesting the way he took it seriously.
You know, you ask, and then he sets about working it out for himself and then coming to a conclusion and telling you what he thinks the correct answer is.
You know, if you watch the film, which we called The Quest for Tanya Tuva, it's amazing to think that this guy, just a few weeks before he died, was able to talk in such a completely mesmerising and vivid and entertaining way about something he was passionate about.
That's when he and Ralph memorably played the bongos and Feynman sang this song he liked singing about, oh, I've got to have some orange juice.
Feynman, two or three weeks later, I think, went into hospital, didn't come back out again.
It is an atomic bomb.
It is a harnessing of the basic power of the universe.
And this tremendous flash, so bright, and I see this purple splotch on the floor of the truck.
And I says, that ain't it.
That's an afterimage.
So I turn back up, and I see this white light changing into yellow and into orange.
The clouds form, and then they disappear again.
And then finally, a big ball of orange has started to rise.
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