You may use your class notes and Feynmanbill.wards.net 67 pointsmindhacker17 years ago12 commentsSaveHideCopy link On HNComments−sethg17yThis is the sort of hack that Feynman himself would have pulled, back when he was an undergraduate.−henryprecheur17yFunny but sound like a urban legend.−abecedarius17yNot necessarily. Tests were on the honor system at Caltech (and I suppose still are). You typically took them in your dorm room.−CamperBob17ySo there's only one class at the entire school, called "Google 101"?−abecedarius17yHeh. I remember one open-book midterm in particular: my score of 56% got a B.Michael Nielsen's conducting a different sort of Google 101 here: http://michaelnielsen.org/blog/?page_id=503−buugs17yIf it is true I'm sure that the student would have gotten at least a passing grade if was willing to risk using Feynman.−ruddzw17yOr would have no chance of passing without him.Since it's an open-book exam, it's likely going to take a lot of thoughtful work.−quizbiz17ybloody briliant, a much better exam hack than pointless puns.−Semiapies17yHe can't have been the only person in the class who had the thought. I would have; I just wouldn't have dared.True or not, funny story.−kqr217yEven if they had explicitly written Feynman's Lectures on Physics on the exam, the students could have asked Feynman to give a special lecture which happens to cover all of the exam material.−varjag17yHalf an hour, why it took him so long?−Semiapies17yObviously, he made sure to use good penmanship.
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This is the sort of hack that Feynman himself would have pulled, back when he was an undergraduate.
Funny but sound like a urban legend.
Not necessarily. Tests were on the honor system at Caltech (and I suppose still are). You typically took them in your dorm room.
So there's only one class at the entire school, called "Google 101"?
Heh. I remember one open-book midterm in particular: my score of 56% got a B.
Michael Nielsen's conducting a different sort of Google 101 here: http://michaelnielsen.org/blog/?page_id=503
If it is true I'm sure that the student would have gotten at least a passing grade if was willing to risk using Feynman.
Or would have no chance of passing without him.
Since it's an open-book exam, it's likely going to take a lot of thoughtful work.
bloody briliant, a much better exam hack than pointless puns.
He can't have been the only person in the class who had the thought. I would have; I just wouldn't have dared.
True or not, funny story.
Even if they had explicitly written Feynman's Lectures on Physics on the exam, the students could have asked Feynman to give a special lecture which happens to cover all of the exam material.
Half an hour, why it took him so long?
Obviously, he made sure to use good penmanship.