On: Some Heroes

[pg]

I almost included him. But I don't understand his work in physics, and it seemed lame to like him for peripheral stuff like his autobiography.

[yan → pg]

Why lame? Physics aside, he seemed to be an extraordinary individual based on accounts of him by other people, not just his auto-biographies.

[harbinjer → pg]

I don't think that you have to understand all his work in detail to claim him as a hero. He was more than just his work.

I wonder about John von Neumann. I thought maybe he'd be on there too.