科學家的愛

費曼最愛的妻子阿琳在醫院對他說:「你管別人怎麼想?」

What do you care what other people think?

費曼當時因為介意其他人對自己的看法而苦惱。阿琳告訴他,不用介意別人的評價,要忠於自己。

阿琳過世後,費曼寫了兩本自傳(都是他口述然後朋友幫他寫出來)。第二本的書名,就是這句話。

阿琳患的是肺癆,在當時是不治之症。雖然父母反對,費曼仍然在醫院與阿琳結婚。

費曼並沒有趕及見阿琳最後一面。費曼很傷心,但卻沒有哭。直到幾個月後,費曼看見時裝店櫥窗裡的一條裙,心想阿琳一定會喜歡,終於泣不成聲。

阿琳生前很喜歡與費曼寫信。阿琳死後一年半,費曼寫了一封最後的信給他的太太。費曼自己一直收藏著這封信,直到他1988年離世後人們才把它打開。

信中充滿費曼對阿琳的愛。最後一句,費曼寫道:「請原諒我沒有把信寄出。我不知道你的新地址啊。」

PS Please excuse my not mailing this — but I don’t know your new address.

延伸閱讀:

費曼給阿琳的最後情信

好奇心和誠實:理查.費曼 (Richard P. Feynman)》- 余海峯

封面圖片:費曼與阿琳,取自 richard-feynman.net

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By David Yu

David Yu is the father of Simba and an Astrophysicist. He obtained his PhD in Astrophysics from the Max Planck Institute of Extraterrestrial Physics, Germany. He was formerly a postdoc at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, and is currently a lecturer at the University of Hong Kong. He served as the host of the RTHK TV31 programme Science Night, the Depute Editor-in-Chief of the Taiwanese Science Magazine Physics Bimonthly, and the Science Consultant of Stand News. The books he authored include Dr David’s 21 Mysteries of The Universe (2021), Space – A Down-to-Earth Astrophysicist (2021), Time – A Spacetime Journey of Astronomy and Physics (2019), and Secrets from the Stars (2017).

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