Full name: The Meaning Of It All: Thoughts Of A Citizen-scientist

Author: Richard P. Feynman Year: 1998 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Science, Biographies, Religion, Essays, Philosophy Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads Barns&Noble LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780465023943 0465023940

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 Now, a wonderful book - based on a previously unpublished, three-part public lecture he gave at the University of Washington in 1963 - shows us this other side of Feynman, as he expounds on the inherent conflict between science and religion, people's distrust of politicians, and our universal fascination with flying saucers, faith healing, and mental telepathy. Here we see Feynman in top form: nearly bursting into a Navajo war chant, then pressing for an overhaul of the English language (if you want to know why Johnny can't read, just look at the spelling of "friend"); and, finally, ruminating on the death of his first wife from tuberculosis. This is quintessential Feynman - reflective, amusing, and ever enlightening. Similar books: A Sense of the Mysterious: Science and the Human Spirit by Alan Lightman The Beginning of Infinity by David Deutsch The Accidental Universe by Alan Lightman The Pleasure of Finding Things Out by Richard P. Feynman Infinite in All Directions by Freeman Dyson The Island of Knowledge by Marcelo Gleiser From Eros to Gaia by Freeman Dyson The Big Picture by Sean Carroll Ideas and Opinions by Albert Einstein Brief Answers to the Big Questions by Stephen Hawking Perfectly Reasonable Deviations From the Beaten Track by Richard P. Feynman Ignorance by Stuart Firestein This Explains Everything by John Brockman Quantum Reality by Nick Herbert The End of Certainty by Ilya Prigogine The Holographic Universe by Michael Talbot Six Easy Pieces by Richard P. Feynman What Do You Care What Other People Think? by Richard P. Feynman QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter by Richard P. Feynman The Character of Physical Law by Richard P. Feynman