這項研究還解釋了為何如此多的重大突破都是在毫不相干的場合中產生的,例如,阿基米德(Archimedes)在浴盆中發現了浮力定律,據說物理學家理查德·費曼(Richard Feynman)會在一家脫衣舞俱樂部演算方程式。這就顯示出谷歌(Google)在休息室擺放乒乓球檯的明智之處,也證明了做白日夢的實用性。愛因斯坦(Einstein)曾說,“創造力...
Feynman Read: Dec 2021 Rating: 3/5 This was a collection of stories from the life of Richard P. Feynman, the famous educator and Nobel prize winning Physicist. The stories don’t teach you much about physics or share any life lessons. Rather, they give you an idea of Feynman’s life ...
The Feynman Lectures on Physics by Richard Feynman Read expert recommendations “I think that he is one of the most intelligent people to live in the 20th century. Yet at the same time, surprisingly, he is an amazingly good teacher. This is quite an unusual combination.” Read more... ...
Also included are his report on the Shuttle Challenger disaster and the seminal talk, ‘There’s plenty of room at the bottom’, which anticipated the nanotechnology revolution. Watch the BBC Horizon special1981-1982: The Pleasure of Finding Things OutwhereProfessor Richard Feynman of Caltech talks...
The physicistRichard Feynmansaid that if in some cataclysm all scientific knowledge were to be destroyed, and only one sentence passed on to the next generation, the statement that would contain the most information in the fewest words would be ‘all things are made of atoms.’ I guess this ...
Barnum; Richard P. Feynman’s personal first edition copies of all three volumes in his Lectures on Physics with his ownership inscriptions; and a rare first edition of Casino Royale signed by Ian Fleming and in the scarce original dust jacket. VIEW FLIPBOOK VIEW PDF This holiday season, ...
From reviews of the first edition: 'The Quantum Universe has a quotation from me in every chapter - but it's a damn good book anyway.' Richard P. Feynman 'A lively, informative read, beautifully illustrated, about the most powerful scientific theory known to mankind.' P. C. W. Davies ...
Richard Feynman was not only one of the greatest scientists who ever lived, he was also one of the funniest. In this phenomenal book, he tells the story of his life as well as of his endless series of pranks (such as flouting the security procedures of the Manhattan project by learning ...
The Quantum Labyrinth: How Richard Feynman and John Wheeler Revolutionized Time and Reality by Paul Halpern In the 20th century, the United States emerged as a leading centre of experimental physics, with a lot more going on than just the Manhattan project and the use of atomic energy in war...
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