The Meaning of it All

The Meaning of it All  (English, Paperback, Feynman Richard P)

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  • Language: English
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
  • Genre: Science
  • ISBN: 9780141031446, 0141031441
  • Edition: 2007
  • Pages: 144
Description

In this book, Richard P. Feynman attempts to explore the relationship that’s exists between science and society. The book provides readers with a collection of public lectures that were given by some of the great scientists of the twentieth century.

Summary of the Book

This book is a collection of essays that gives readers an idea of the relationship between science and society. Feynman always believed that uncertainty and doubt in science is good because it helps in further exploration of the subject. The book covers several topics like atomic bombs, ethics, imagination and the meaning of life. It answers several questions that would trouble a curious mind about whether a scientist would believe in God and the true value of science. 

About Richard Feynman

Richard Feynman is one of the world’s greatest theoretical physicists and a Nobel Laureate. He is also an artist, safe-cracker, practical joker and storyteller. He has always been a curious and skeptical person, and is highly intelligent.

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Book Details
Imprint
  • Penguin Books Ltd
Publication Year
  • 2007
Dimensions
Width
  • 8 mm
Height
  • 198 mm
Length
  • 129 mm
Depth
  • 0.39 inch
Weight
  • 112 gr
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Profound

This is a small, yet time-consuming book, because of the profoundness of the statements Feynman makes in the book. It comprises of three lectures that Feynman gave as a part of John Danz lecture series in 1963.

In the book, Feynman expounds the meaning of science, the uncertainty inherent in science, and yet why its so logical, meaningful and pleasurable (at least to him!). He then goes on to explain the idea of ethics and the relationship that science bears with it. Next, he explains the co...
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