Scientist depicted in so many articles. I Especially liked the story of Eileen his first wife. The book is said well and does have some interesting points, stories and ideas in it which are worth listening to but by the end of the book it lengthens out and starts to become a little tedious to read but the whole book in general is worth listening to just not as good as his first book. This book becomes more technical and is not as light hearted as Feynman's first book.
I like this book it's my second time though, the first time I had not read surely your joking mr Feynman and missed a lot of the references in this book to it, "I strongly urge" Please like and subscribe. All the crab claws Lindsay. The narrator was clear but I was expecting to hear someone who sounded more like Richard Feynman.
It would have been better if I could at least trick myself into believing I was listening to Feynman. However, after making it to the epilogue, it made the whole book worth listening to. I loved the book, personally my favourite chapter was the opening chapter, but it was the book of great wisdom.
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Publisher's Summary One of the greatest physicists of the twentieth century, Richard Feynman possessed an unquenchable thirst for adventure and an unparalleled ability to tell the stories of his life.
Critic Reviews "Feynman's voice echoes raw and direct. Average Customer Ratings. Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews. Amazon Reviews. Sort by:. Most Helpful Most Recent. Filter by:. They met as teen-agers and, before they had completed college, knew that she faced a terminal illness. Theymarried anyway, determined to be together in what time they had, and they moved to New Mexico and the Manhattan Project, he to Los Alamos where he helped create the first atomic bomb, she to a hospital in Albuquerque where, after a short time, he watched her die.
Love was apparently one of his talents. For in these recollections we encounter echoes of the feelings he had for his parents and Arlene in the letters that he later wrote to his wife and children. The text is bifurcated into Neil Simonesque memories of a prewar adolescence in New York and a hard-edged account of the maverick physicist come to Washington.
In the material on the shuttle disaster we see the contrast between the individualist, the thinker who developed quantum electrodynamics and held a thousand people spellbound at Caltech while he explained the power of negative numbers, and the team mentality of large-technology. I also found that the first part jumped too quickly over his early adult years. Anyway, I think I will never get tired of reading Feynman, because each time I read him, I am reminded of the beauty of science and the pleasure of finding things out.
I too can see the stars on a desert night, and feel them. But do I see less or more? The vastness of the heavens stretches my imagination — stuck on this carousel my little eye can catch one-million-year-old light.
A vast pattern — of which I am a part…. What is the pattern, or the meaning, or the why? It does not do harm to the mystery to know a little about it. For far more marvelous is the truth than any artists of the past imagined it. Why do the poets of the present not speak of it? What men are poets who can speak of Jupiter if he were a man, but if he is an immense spinning sphere of methane and ammonia must be silent?
There are the rushing waves mountains of molecules each stupidly minding its own business trillions apart yet forming white surf in unison Ages on ages before any eyes could see year after year thunderously pounding the shore as now. For whom, for what? On a dead planet with no life to entertain.
Never at rest tortured by energy wasted prodigiously by the Sun poured into space. A mite makes the sea roar. Deep in the sea all molecules repeat the patterns of one another till complex new ones are formed.
They make others like themselves and a new dance starts. Growing in size and complexity living things masses of atoms DNA, protein dancing a pattern ever more intricate. Out of the cradle onto dry land here it is standing: atoms with consciousness; matter with curiosity. Stands at the sea, wonders at wondering: I a universe of atoms an atom in the Universe.
It was total fun learning from his delightful, hilarious, flamboyant experiences. However the epilogue touched my mind very profoundly regarding hia contemplations on the value of Science! It was an unfathomable feeling occupied with his ideas.
Feb 26, Neha More rated it it was amazing. Amazing read. Wish I could meet Mr. Feynman in real life. He was surely an interesting person! Feynman is a truly wondrous character. If you are curious about the greatest physicist of all time my opinion I say you'd better start with "Surely You're Joking, Mr. This book is alright but the other one is much better. I liked this a lot, especially the chapters about Feynman's experiences as a commissioner in the Challenger shuttle accident investigation.
The last quote by Feynman at the very end stood out and struck me, as a sort of inter-ocular impact: "It is our responsibility as scientists, knowing the great progress which comes from a satifactory philosophy of ignorance, the great progress which is the fruit of freedom of thought, to proclaim the value of this freedom; to teach how doubt is not to be fear I liked this a lot, especially the chapters about Feynman's experiences as a commissioner in the Challenger shuttle accident investigation.
The last quote by Feynman at the very end stood out and struck me, as a sort of inter-ocular impact: "It is our responsibility as scientists, knowing the great progress which comes from a satifactory philosophy of ignorance, the great progress which is the fruit of freedom of thought, to proclaim the value of this freedom; to teach how doubt is not to be feared but welcomed and discussed; and to demand this freedom as our duty to all coming generations.
Feynman was surely NOT joking when he penned that, and I for one will remember his legacy as a scientist and most curious character indeed. Really difficult to review this without comparing it to "Surely You're Joking", which is a shame since this book is pretty good all on its own, but is a bit scattershot which it admits right at the beginning , and about half of it covers the Challenger explosion in more details than I really cared about.
For the Feynman completist or NASA disaster junkie this will be really interesting, for the average reader probably not. However the first essay, about how parents can instill a love of learning Really difficult to review this without comparing it to "Surely You're Joking", which is a shame since this book is pretty good all on its own, but is a bit scattershot which it admits right at the beginning , and about half of it covers the Challenger explosion in more details than I really cared about.
However the first essay, about how parents can instill a love of learning and a sense of scientific curiosity in children, should be handed out to all prospective parents - read this book if only for that one chapter.
Insightful and touching. Albeit very scattered and not particularly chronological "Wonderful anecdotes from a brilliant mind " A mixed bag of fascinating stories that fill in any of the gaps from Fyenman's life that weren't covered in Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman. Albeit very scattered and not particularly chronological Feynman encourages us to challenge perspectives, to let our thoughts travel beyond the borders defined by the palpable matter of us, of the world we live in.
Here are few of the pathways of this journey. She had also bought a Chinese dictionary to get a lot of other symbols. One time when I came to visit her, Arlene was practicing these things. She says to herself. I learnt what she meant.
Aug 03, Henning rated it it was amazing Recommends it for: Everyone. Honestly, everyone. Shelves: nonfiction , biography-memoir , science , fivestar. Well, I wanted to give this terrific work 4 stars - but then, I read through the essay, which is called 'The Value of Science', at the end of the book.
How beautifully and eloquently he wrote this essay fascinated me, so I had to give this masterpiece well-deserved five stars.
Richard Feynman was indeed a genius and most certainly one of the greatest teachers of all time. His curiosity was unique and his drive to solve and fully understand things is utterly motivating. I can't recommend this high Well, I wanted to give this terrific work 4 stars - but then, I read through the essay, which is called 'The Value of Science', at the end of the book. I can't recommend this highly enough. I loved epilogue the most! The title essay is the love story of Feynman and his first wife.
Two years ago I read an article on the topic, reconstructed from the letters between them. Those are very emotional letters, clearly written by people deeply in love. It is a fascinating read. It goes without saying Feynman was extremely intelligent, but he was not a dork. Such a "quirky" scientist is the right man for the job! The epilogue is about the value of science, a very sharp and succinct argument on the topic that should be included in every high school science curriculum.
Three values of science: 1. The first value: "It is that scientific knowledge enables us to do all kinds of things and to make all kinds of things. In the temple, a man said, "I am going to tell you something that you will never forget.
The same key opens the gates of Hell. The second value: "Another value of science is the fun called intellectual enjoyment which some people get from reading and learning and thinking about it, and which others get from working in it. The scientist has a lot of experience with ignorance and doubt and uncertainty, and this experience is of very great importance, I think.
Jul 12, Fares rated it liked it Shelves: biographies-memoirs , cosmos , humanities , war , technology , non-fiction , history , audiobooks-or-burrowed. Hence, the book was actually published months after his death in Offering good glimpse of his life, family and personal journey, and a little insight into his involvement in the Manhattan project and the NASA shuttle program.
Feynman, a sequel to "Surely You're Joking, Mr. This time, we witness his teenage and adult life, and his early relationship with his father and wife, which didn't show much in the first book. Furthermore, we take a closer look at the details of his experience working with NASA on a committee to investigate the space shuttle disaster in Personally, I think the first part of the book, as usual, is funny in Feynman's ways due to his curiosity of everything surrounding him, but for the second part is a bit not enjoyable to go through since I'm not really into technical stuff involving in engineering, but if you are, you would love it.
What attracts me the most is his epilogue concerning the value of science, which was so elegantly and fascinatingly written. It is our responsibility as scientists, knowing the great progress which comes from a satisfactory philosophy of ignorance, the great progress which is the fruit of freedom of thought, to proclaim the value of this freedom; to teach how doubt is not to be feared but welcomed and discussed; and to demand this freedom as our duty to all coming generations.
Its not about writing style or just a grand adventure, its about a character. Feyman has it, few people in history had it. You can better explain the why behind your description of the what.
Instead it uses certain shapes and colors to depict a city landscape. You will be able to point out what these are. You will be able to engage in speculation about why the artist chose those shapes and those colors.
You will be able to explain why artists sometimes do this, and you will be able to communicate what you think of the piece considering all of this. Chances are, after capturing a full explanation of the painting in the simplest possible terms that would be easily understood by a sixth-grader, you will have learned a lot about that painting and abstract art in general.
Some of capturing what you would teach will be easy. These are the places where you have a clear understanding of the subject. But you will find many places where things are much foggier. Areas where you struggle in Step 1 are the points where you have some gaps in your understanding. Filling those gaps is when you really make the learning stick. Now that you know where you have gaps in your understanding, go back to the source material. Augment it with other sources. Look up definitions.
Keep going until you can explain everything you need to in basic terms. Only when you can explain your understanding without jargon and in simple terms can you demonstrate your understanding. Think about it this way. If you require complicated terminology to explain what you know, you have no flexibility. Simple terms can be rearranged and easily combined with other words to communicate your point.
When you can say something in multiple ways using different words, you understand it really well. Skipping it leads to the illusion of knowledge—an illusion that can be quickly shattered when challenged.
Identifying the boundaries of your understanding is also a way of defining your circle of competence. Now you have a set of hand-crafted notes containing a simple explanation. Organize them into a narrative that you can tell from beginning to end.
Read it out loud. If the explanation sounds confusing at any point, go back to Step 2. Keep iterating until you have a story that you can tell to anyone who will listen. If you follow this approach over and over, you will end up with a binder full of pages on different subjects. If you take some time twice a year to go through this binder, you will find just how much you retain. If you really want to be sure of your understanding, run it past someone ideally someone who knows little of the subject.
The ultimate test of your knowledge is your capacity to convey it to another. You can present the material like a lecture. The questions you get and the feedback you receive are invaluable for further developing your understanding. Hearing what your audience is curious about will likely pique your own curiosity and set you on a path for further learning. The Feynman Technique is not only a wonderful recipe for learning but also a window into a different way of thinking that allows you to tear ideas apart and reconstruct them from the ground up.
When you only know what something is called, you have no real sense of what it is. Here he articulates the difference between knowing the name of something and understanding it. You only know something about people: what they call the bird. Now that thrush sings, and teaches its young to fly, and flies so many miles away during the summer across the country, and nobody knows how it finds its way.
We talk in fact-deficient, obfuscating generalities to cover up our lack of understanding. How then should we go about learning? On this Feynman echoes Albert Einstein and proposes that we take things apart. Staying at the level of the abstract imparts no real understanding. Kids might subsequently get the question right on a test, if they have a decent memory. The answer is that you wound up the spring; it tries to unwind and pushes the gear around.
What a good way to begin a science course! Take apart the toy; see how it works.
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