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Edward Teller, friend and colleague. 00:00:11.519 -- 00:00:15.589 align:start position:0% 00:00:15.599 -- 00:00:19.429 align:start position:0% how Jennifer Nyman how Jennifer Nyman could think so fast could think so fast could think so fast and so effectively. 00:00:29.039 -- 00:00:33.910 align:start position:0% how he could find so many original how he could find so many original solutions 
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solutions solutions in areas in areas in areas where most people did not even notice where most people did not even notice where most people did not even notice the problems. 00:00:45.440 -- 00:00:48.389 align:start position:0% I think I know a part of the answer I think I know a part of the answer perhaps an important part 00:00:54.000 -- 00:00:57.029 align:start position:0% enjoyed thinking. enjoyed thinking. I have come to I have come to I have come to suspect suspect suspect that to most people thinking is painful. 
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00:01:07.439 -- 00:01:12.070 align:start position:0% Some of us are addicted to thinking. Some of us are addicted to thinking. Some of us find it a necessity. 00:01:17.840 -- 00:01:21.429 align:start position:0% Johnny enjoyed it. Johnny enjoyed it. I even have the suspicion I even have the suspicion I even have the suspicion that he enjoyed practically nothing that he enjoyed practically nothing that he enjoyed practically nothing else. 00:01:32.640 -- 00:01:35.270 align:start position:0% This explains a lot because what you This explains a lot because what you like you do well. And he liked thinking 
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like you do well. And he liked thinking like you do well. And he liked thinking not just in mathematics. He liked not just in mathematics. He liked not just in mathematics. He liked thinking in the clear and complete thinking in the clear and complete thinking in the clear and complete manner of mathematicians manner of mathematicians manner of mathematicians in every field. in every field. in every field. in mathematics, in physics, in mathematics, in physics, in mathematics, in physics, in the business world. His father was a in the business world. His father was a in the business world. His father was a banker. banker. banker. In many other fields, In many other fields, In many other fields, he could and did talk to my he could and did talk to my he could and did talk to my three-year-old son on his own terms. And 
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three-year-old son on his own terms. And three-year-old son on his own terms. And I sometimes wondered I sometimes wondered I sometimes wondered whether his relation to the rest of us whether his relation to the rest of us whether his relation to the rest of us were a little bit similar. 00:02:22.000 -- 00:02:24.309 align:start position:0% This also explains This also explains his effectiveness in connection with his effectiveness in connection with his effectiveness in connection with computing machines because computing computing machines because computing computing machines because computing machines apply logical processes machines apply logical processes machines apply logical processes to fields not only mathematics but to to fields not only mathematics but to to fields not only mathematics but to others as yet untouched by the logical 
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others as yet untouched by the logical others as yet untouched by the logical process. And it is very significant that process. And it is very significant that process. And it is very significant that this revolution, this revolution, this revolution, the revolution of the electronic brains the revolution of the electronic brains the revolution of the electronic brains was practically initiated by Johnny. 00:02:58.480 -- 00:03:01.750 align:start position:0% I cannot think of Johnny now I cannot think of Johnny now without without without remembering remembering remembering a very tragic circumstance a very tragic circumstance a very tragic circumstance when he was dying of cancer. 
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when he was dying of cancer. when he was dying of cancer. His brain was affected. His brain was affected. His brain was affected. I visited him frequently I visited him frequently I visited him frequently and he was trying to do what he always and he was trying to do what he always and he was trying to do what he always tried to do and he was trying to argue tried to do and he was trying to argue tried to do and he was trying to argue with me as he used to with me as he used to with me as he used to and it wasn't functioning anymore. and it wasn't functioning anymore. and it wasn't functioning anymore. And I think that he suffered from this And I think that he suffered from this And I think that he suffered from this loss loss loss more than I have seen any human to more than I have seen any human to more than I have seen any human to suffer in any other circumstance.