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Revision as of 20:10, 9 January 2008
Ralph Leighton is a biographer, producer, and friend of the late physicist Richard Feynman. He recorded Feynman relating stories of his life. Leighton has released some of the recordings as The Feynman Tapes. These interviews became the basis for the books Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! and What Do You Care What Other People Think?. Leighton is a drummer and co-founder of the group Friends of Tuva. He also wrote the book Tuva or Bust! Richard Feynman's Last Journey, and edited the book Classic Feynman: All the Adventures of a Curious Character. He also produced the academy-award nominated documentary Genghis Blues, and the supplement to The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Tips on Physics. He is the son of the late Caltech physicist Robert B. Leighton. He is married to Phoebe Kwan, and have three children: Ian, Nicole, and Lauren.
External links
- Tuva or Bust! (ISBN 0-393-32069-3) A Review by Bobby Matherne
- Friends of Tuva
- Review of the movie Genghis Blues
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