The joy of discovery
The beauty of physics is not just in applications. The beauty is in the ideas it reveals
Richard Feynman
Physicist, Nobel laureate, and popularizer of science.
All moments: Richard Feynman
- The Pleasure of Asking Why — Richard Feynman
Nature's imagination is so much greater than man's — she's never going to let us relax.
- Light: particle or wave? — Richard Feynman
Electrons are mysteries. When you realize you don't understand – that's the point
- 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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