Yeah, name-dropping, I know, but the truth. I actually discussed that fluid mechanics puzzle with Dick Feynman, in the nude, in a hot tub! How could one be more open? It was about a “reversal paradox”, where you pump fluid down a swirl pipe one way and a rotor turns, but when you reverse the flow direction the rotation does not. I was able to correct Dick on the subject, simply because I had actually needed the answer for a wind turbine, thunk a gedanken experiment and then validated the conclusions theoretically. (Yuss, Newton appeared, but not in the tub!)
Dick, a very open-minded guy, agreed, was delighted to be corrected and then proceeded to make advances at my wife, which was about par for an evening in leafy Pasadena in those days. Peter Lissaman, Da Vinci Ventures Expertise is not knowing everything, but knowing what to look for. 1454 Miracerros Loop South, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505,USA tel:(505)983-7728
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