[auggierose]

There are a lot of politicians, administrators and managers in academia. To say that Feynman is responsible for them, is pretty ridiculous. And to say that Feynman wasn't a great physicist makes words basically meaningless.

[morelisp]

Without looking it up, can you name the other two people who won the Nobel with him? Were they lesser physicists than Feynman? If not, why so much focus on his life but not theirs?

[ThrowawayR2]

S. and T., didn't take half a second's thought.

Being a showman doesn't mean that Feynman was only a showman. Indeed, one can hardly be an effective educator without a strong touch of showmanship in presenting ideas.

[morelisp]

You don't normally win a Nobel for being an effective educator or communicator either - and nominally he didn't.