What role did mathematics play as Feynman was growing up?
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Question 2
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What was Feynman's father observing when his son was playing with the tiles?
Reread paragraph 3 and find the sentence which describes the main point of this
scene.
Question 3
3.
What was the point behind Feynman sharing his dinosaur story?
Question 4
4.
In paragraph 5, Feynman said, "he would translate as best he could into some
reality." What does the word translate mean?
Question 5
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As far as nature is concerned, what actually "counts" in the eyes of Feynman's
father?
Question 6
6.
In the final paragraph Feynman says he "was given something wonderful when he
was a child." Using two examples from the text, explain what it was his father
gave him.