Richard Feynman was born on May 11 ... Lucille, a housewife, was a storyteller, a talent she passed along to her children. The scenes from the early years are of a boy genius making radios ...

New York City in 1927 to Lucille and Melville Feynman, nine years after Richard came along. Both children were raised to be insatiably curious. Their parents encouraged them to always ask why ...