The Meaning of It All : Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist (Paperback)

from figre

The writings of Richard Feynman (or, in some instances, collections of lectures if you want to be picky) never seem to go the way you expect, even when you are expecting the unexpected. This book contains the contents of a three-night series of lectures from the early sixties. At the beginning of...

from br77rino

This is the unedited transcript of 3 lectures given in Washington in 1963, at the height of the Cold War, and in part he lets the Soviets have it, with both barrels. But the main theme is that uncertainty is good. Uncertainty is the only thing that allows for questioning, and without any question...

from miketroll

Splendid Feynman lectures on the philosophy of science, especially on the gulf between the scientific view of the world and common understanding of the way things work. As always, the great man has the gift of explaining science in clear, simple terms. However, this book is a straight transcript ...

from MarkBeronte

Many appreciate Richard P. Feynman's contributions to twentieth-century physics, but few realize how engaged he was with the world around him-how deeply and thoughtfully he considered the religious, political, and social issues of his day. Now, a wonderful book-based on a previously unpublished, ...

from hcubic

In 1963, Richard Feynmann gave three lectures at the University of Washington. This short book (only 133 pages) is a transcript of those talks. The lectures were not really physics, but were a very informal (virtually extemporaneous) view of what the results of modern physics means to everyman. F...