by Juvoni Beckford@juvoni
Before readingWhy I picked it up
I want to learn how to be a more effective teacher and communicator and Richard Feynman to me is one of the best at it, and I want to learn from the best.
After readingPosted
If all scientific knowledge were lost and you needed a sentence to pass on to rebuild the knowledge, it would be 'All things are made of atoms.' Physics usually focuses on what and how things are, but rarely answer how things came to be. In Six Easy Pieces, Feynman, takes you on a tour of the foundations of physics from quantum mechanics, to the theory of gravity and all the laws in between. He explains the relationship of physics to other sciences and gives a simple and precise context to all his explanations and discoveries. Reading this felt reminiscent to reading A Short History of Nearly Everything, although more on the hard science side of things with a higher reading difficulty.
Three reasons to read it
- A simple introduction to learning about physics.
- A history of science.
- One of richard feynman's most approachable books.
Notable quotesRichard P. FeynmanMore in Quotes
We do not know what the rules of the game are; all we are allowed to do is to watch the playing. Of course, if we watch long enough, we may eventually catch on to a few of the rules.
All things, even ourselves, are made of fine-grained, enormously strongly interacting plus and minus parts, all neatly balanced out.
Things on a very small scale behave like nothing that you have any direct experience about.
First figure out why you want the students to learn the subject and what you want them to know, and the method will result more or less by common sense.
Notes for this book are still being transcribed.
