Love After Life: Nobel-Winning Physicist Richard Feynman’s Extraordinary Letter to His Departed Wife
The Marginalian • 2/18/2026
Summary
Nobel-winning physicist Richard Feynman wrote an extraordinary letter to his departed wife. The story explores the intersection of physics and the metaphysics of the human heart.
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