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Moving Bodies
A chronicle of the life of the brilliant, Nobel Prize-winning scientist and mathematician Richard Feynman, who early in his career worked on the development of the atomic bomb and later was called by Congress as a witness to the Challenger disaster. We see how family, love, and his pursuit of making the world a better place through his discoveries, shaped him to be one of the most respected and important scientists of the 20th century. Includes exclusive interview with famed theoretical physicist Dr. Brian Greene.
60 pages, Audio CD
First published February 5, 2008
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October 29, 2016
Theatrical play of Feynman life and work.
Dramatic play of challenger disaster.
Feynman as a kid chatting with his family (father, mother and sister). It's like a movie.
College. Irlene. many small stuff which I read in the previous books (jews quota in Columbia, perception that women are not good for science, his hobby of drumming etc).
With his friend Julius. Richard a ladies man and a math, but not a man's man.
College life. Irlene Irlene. Manhattan project. So much tales and personal moments. Many jokes. Wartime Censorship. Family life. Family opposition to marriage with Irlene.
"We're all gonna die someday so why worry about it. That doesn't frighten me one bit. The important thing is to live now."
Travel to Los Alamos. Weekly visits to Irlene. You really feel the love. She is dying. They depict a sex scene LMAO. The voice actors play it really well, even the accent is very near to Feynman. His philosophy of life and living it to its utmost is wonderful. Courage and getting out of the comfort zone.
Challenger commission. His words are wonderful. His testimony at the press conference is dramatized and amazing. The o-ring problem.
His father's funeral and his regret about what he did in it.
The final part is an interview with Brian Greene about Feynman's work and its importance. Ends with String theory and acknowledged its weaknesses. Mathematics and physics.
Dramatic play of challenger disaster.
Feynman as a kid chatting with his family (father, mother and sister). It's like a movie.
College. Irlene. many small stuff which I read in the previous books (jews quota in Columbia, perception that women are not good for science, his hobby of drumming etc).
With his friend Julius. Richard a ladies man and a math, but not a man's man.
College life. Irlene Irlene. Manhattan project. So much tales and personal moments. Many jokes. Wartime Censorship. Family life. Family opposition to marriage with Irlene.
"We're all gonna die someday so why worry about it. That doesn't frighten me one bit. The important thing is to live now."
Travel to Los Alamos. Weekly visits to Irlene. You really feel the love. She is dying. They depict a sex scene LMAO. The voice actors play it really well, even the accent is very near to Feynman. His philosophy of life and living it to its utmost is wonderful. Courage and getting out of the comfort zone.
Challenger commission. His words are wonderful. His testimony at the press conference is dramatized and amazing. The o-ring problem.
His father's funeral and his regret about what he did in it.
The final part is an interview with Brian Greene about Feynman's work and its importance. Ends with String theory and acknowledged its weaknesses. Mathematics and physics.
December 18, 2020
Moving Bodies
By: Arthur Giron
Narrated by: Alfred Molina, Mark Harelik, Jenny O'Hara, Kathryn Hahn
Length: 1 hr and 57 mins
Published February 1st 2008 by LA Theatre Works
Yes I'm still on my reading plays kick/play research. This one intrigued me first because the actor Alfred Molina (Doc Ock from the Spider-Man movie). I love his work and will pretty much stop all I'm doing to watch a movie with him. Seeing he is cast as the lead role in this was what locked in this play in my sites. The second thing is that it involves science and physics. I have a secret passion for physics while never practicing I love the concepts and that all answers can be arrived at through physics. Yes all, but I don't have time to explain that right now.
So being another LA Theatre Works production was the third factor which cemented that this play was one I had to hear in audiobook form. Once again LATW have the perfect production/performance and with the cast in this one, definitely worth absorbing. If you've never read one of my reviews of a LATW production, the casts are always great, the sound production is so perfect that if you close your eyes you are placed right smack dab in the middle of the live performance. My advice to you, never turn down a LATW production.
So about this play. This play follows the life of Nobel Prize winner, Richard Feynman. Feynman was instrumental in the creation of the atomic bomb and was the witness for the space shuttle Challenger disaster investigation. In fact Feynman was the one to actually discover and demonstrate that the O-rings were the culprit in the explosion.
Through out the play we discover many interesting aspects of Feynman's life, such as his dad was an amateur scientist and is the one that led Richard Feynman and his sister to become scientists. There are several humorous moments in the play that make a play about science a bit easier for those to follow who aren't necessarily nerdy about science. In fact Richard Fineman was well-known to be a practical joker. I'm pretty sure that can also be attributed to his father.
After the bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Feynman regretted that he was responsible for so many deaths and this affected his life in many ways. This play explores all that and more. Arthur Giron captured a life worth learning about and more in a mere 2 hours.
By: Arthur Giron
Narrated by: Alfred Molina, Mark Harelik, Jenny O'Hara, Kathryn Hahn
Length: 1 hr and 57 mins
Published February 1st 2008 by LA Theatre Works
Yes I'm still on my reading plays kick/play research. This one intrigued me first because the actor Alfred Molina (Doc Ock from the Spider-Man movie). I love his work and will pretty much stop all I'm doing to watch a movie with him. Seeing he is cast as the lead role in this was what locked in this play in my sites. The second thing is that it involves science and physics. I have a secret passion for physics while never practicing I love the concepts and that all answers can be arrived at through physics. Yes all, but I don't have time to explain that right now.
So being another LA Theatre Works production was the third factor which cemented that this play was one I had to hear in audiobook form. Once again LATW have the perfect production/performance and with the cast in this one, definitely worth absorbing. If you've never read one of my reviews of a LATW production, the casts are always great, the sound production is so perfect that if you close your eyes you are placed right smack dab in the middle of the live performance. My advice to you, never turn down a LATW production.
So about this play. This play follows the life of Nobel Prize winner, Richard Feynman. Feynman was instrumental in the creation of the atomic bomb and was the witness for the space shuttle Challenger disaster investigation. In fact Feynman was the one to actually discover and demonstrate that the O-rings were the culprit in the explosion.
Through out the play we discover many interesting aspects of Feynman's life, such as his dad was an amateur scientist and is the one that led Richard Feynman and his sister to become scientists. There are several humorous moments in the play that make a play about science a bit easier for those to follow who aren't necessarily nerdy about science. In fact Richard Fineman was well-known to be a practical joker. I'm pretty sure that can also be attributed to his father.
After the bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Feynman regretted that he was responsible for so many deaths and this affected his life in many ways. This play explores all that and more. Arthur Giron captured a life worth learning about and more in a mere 2 hours.
October 29, 2021
Interesting play about Richard Feynman life. Its a spotlight in some of his more personal moments in life and his relationship with his parents, his first wife and some of his mentors. And interesting audiobook, no doubts.
August 10, 2021
Sharp and sweet with a great performance by Alfred Molina.
June 23, 2015
Enjoyable biographical play about the life of Richard Feynman.
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