by Richard P. Feynman, Raymond Todd
This book contains a series of three lectures given at the University of Washington on the role of science in modern society. Feynman himself was against the publication of these lectures feeling that they lacked polish, focus and ultimately wouldn't be the same on paper as they were in person. Anyo...
Feynman on his worst day is better than 80% of the rest of us on our best. This series of 3 short lectures from 1963 is fascinating and, well, a little dated. For those of us from the US who remember the Cold War & the scary Communists there is some truly interesting stuff. There's also a lot of odd...
Here we have 3 lectures generally entitled "A Scientist looks at Society", transcribed verbatim, apparently. I can hear, even picture Feynman when reading it; he had a distinctive way of speaking that was very natural and not polished at all, including hesitations, corrections and minor mistakes of ...
Here we have 3 lectures generally entitled "A Scientist looks at Society", transcribed verbatim, apparently. I can hear, even picture Feynman when reading it; he had a distinctive way of speaking that was very natural and not polished at all, including hesitations, corrections and minor mistakes of ...
I haven't read any Richard Feynman before and according to some reviews posted here this wasn't a great place to start. It's true that these lectures didn't blow me away or even give me too terribly much to think about beyond what I already do from reading other science writing. However he's obvious...
A publication of three lectures given by Feynman at the University of Washington in 1963. His musings are a quick read and give the feeling of a slightly drunk bar conversation with good friends. Not terribly probing, but comfortably contemplative. Since this is a transcription of a lecture, it r...
I respect Mr Feynman's intelligence and skill as a lecturer. His reputation makes me feel bad about giving this book only two stars. But this book isn't his best work. The three lectures in this book were given in 1963. It's interesting to speculate how his speech would be different if given tod...
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