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My Friend Richard, And Theories Of The Universe - Leonard Susskind

The Joe Walker Podcast

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The Importance of Being a Plumber

The author's father was a plumber, and he wanted to follow him into heating engineering. He didn't know enough about the mechanics of heat or British thermal unit (BTU) His reaction when his son told him he wasn't going to be an engineer: "What are you going to be? A ballet dancer?" After taking some physics classes at college, Martin became fascinated with Einstein.

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