TIL that Richard Feynman, one of the greatest theoretical physicists ever, was rejected admission to Columbia University because of his Jewish ancestry and instead went to MIT. en.wikipedia.org Submitted by icbm67 t3_yg02p7 on October 28, 2022 at 8:45 PM in todayilearned 138 comments 1,450
Cycleofmadness t1_iuahxwp wrote on October 29, 2022 at 8:49 PM MIT was his 2nd choice? Did Columbia have a better physics program back then? Permalink 1
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