As a trained physicist and astronomer, I have a lot of famous heroes to look up to. The statue in the middle of the promenade leading up to Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles (made famous in the movie Rebel Without A Cause) contains a centerpiece statue featuring many of them. Newton, Galileo, Copernicus, Kepler… there's a fairly standard list, but mostly from centuries past.
But there is one contemporary many (especially from the physics side of the equation), including me, treat with more-than-average respect. His name is Richard Feynman. You might recognize him as the guy who easily explained why the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded on that cold day in January.
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