Pleasure of Finding Thing’s Out.

Book Review : The Pleasure of Finding things out .

If you have ever seen my signature this is how it looks. I use this every where, passport, bank accounts almost every where . its definitely Not my name “sandeep” .. .. its Feynman my childhood hero. He is the one who taught me how to learn Science . he is my role model, inspiration how to look at things and understand how stuff works in a scientific way.

So how I got to know about Feynman is when i was studying my 10+2 at delta Academy (Hyderabad), Srikanth sir was my Physics Professor (one of my fav teachers) there and one day I went to library and asked  for a good Physics book and a guy in the library suggest me to read the book “Lectures on Physics By R P Feynman” thats it the beginning of it all. I read all most all topics  from vol 1 and vol 2 which i can understand at that time and Vol 3 was above my head and those book are my life time fav books. if any one ever asked me to suggest a book for Physics i will tell them these books in fact they should be a must read of every physics student. I always regret That i made a wrong decision of not choosing a Physics career. but I am scared of my math skills so due to some wired reasons i came to this field Engineering ..

Recently i came across this book in the store. it was there in my reading list since long time so i bought it and read it finally so here goes the review..

Title: The Pleasure of Finding Thing’s Out. By R P Feynman.

The book is the collection ranging from a talk given at Caltech in 1959 to his minority report to the space shuttle Challenger inquiry it does bring together a broad variety of his work and offers further insight into the mind of this quirky genius.

Whether speaking about his personal experiences in Los Alamos (discussing everything from his safe-cracking methods to the first atomic blast itself), about cult sciences, about Computing Machines in the Future or, more generally, about What is Science ? (and how it should be taught), Feynman shows the advantages of great curiosity (and a healthy dose of doubt, especially when confronted by authority). The book is filled with anecdotes and speculations, raising possibilities, considering what is and might be possible in the future (notably with regards to things of minute size, from computers to engines). At every turn his mind seems to jump ahead to the next idea.

As the name tells its the pleasure of finding things out that makes people Like Feynman Do science, there is a Thrill in Finding out how world works.

One of his Interview on BBC Horizon . see its simply great  he explains that well with no charts no powerpoint. its  infectious

Links : Feynman wiki Complete Book review Some of His interviews on BBC Horizon His Picture