The Pleasure of Asking Why
Nature's imagination is so much greater than man's — she's never going to let us relax.
Richard Feynman
Physicist, Nobel laureate, and popularizer of science.
All moments: Richard Feynman
- Light: particle or wave? — Richard Feynman
Electrons are mysteries. When you realize you don't understand – that's the point
- The joy of discovery — Richard Feynman
The beauty of physics is not just in applications. The beauty is in the ideas it reveals
- Nature is not classical — Richard Feynman
Nature isn't classical, dammit, and if you want to make a simulation of nature, you'd better make it quantum mechanical
- The first principle is don't fool yourself — Richard Feynman
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself – and you are the easiest person to fool
- Physics as a way of thinking — Richard Feynman
Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge
- Seeing the world anew — Richard Feynman
The wonder of science is that the most ordinary object becomes more miraculous when you understand it better
- Jiggling atoms — Richard Feynman
Everything you see, everything moves. Every atom is jiggling, it can't stand still
- The Beauty of a Flower That Science Doesn't Take Away — Richard Feynman
Science only adds to the excitement, the mystery, and the awe of a flower. It only adds.
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