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The Meaning of it All

Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist

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The Meaning of it All

Written by: Richard P. Feynman
Narrated by: Raymond Todd
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 In this collection of lectures that Richard Feynman originally gave in 1963, unpublished during his lifetime, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist discusses several of the ultimate questions of science. What is the nature of the tension between science and religious faith? Why does uncertainty play such a crucial role in the scientific imagination? Is this really a scientific age?

Marked by Feynman's characteristic combination of rationality and humor, these lectures provide an intimate glimpse at the man behind the legend. He says at the start of his final lecture, "I dedicate this lecture to showing what ridiculous conclusions and rare statements such a man as myself can make." Rare, perhaps, and irreverent, sure. But ridiculous? Not even close.

©1998 Michelle Feynman and Carl Feynman (P)2007 Blackstone Audio Inc. Science Witty Mathematics
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First 2 chapters are phenomenal. The last 2 were pretty meh, but I think the first 2 chapters alone suffice to make this a great listen.

Falls off at the end

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Science, religion, politics and the unscientific all spoken about without the need to be certain of any of it. As any good scientist should be, he gives you his best guess and allows Nature's results speak for themselves.

Mr Feyman's 1963 lectures still have great value today!

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I pretty much said it all in the title. I enjoyed the lectures, and they contained some interesting and some important ideas. Brief and worth listening to for sure, despite the imperfect reading.

Interesting, light lectures, somewhat poorly read.

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Many good things about this man and his thoughts. At the same time this book was written in the past and it shows. There are remarks that are just plain wrong mixed in with many good insights - which is expected when humans are sharing their thoughts. In this case I would not recommend this book for people seeking insight.

Many good thoughts shared - some not right

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