The pleasure of finding things out

Type: BiographyAuthor: Richard Feynman  My rating: Buy now
Posted by Dominic Book introduction: A collection of short works of a great physicist - Prof Richard Feynman
My review: I must say, I am not as excited reading this book as some of other books on Richard Feynman that I read. Another book recounting the interesting things that Feynman did in his life. I still prefer Surely you are joking Mr. Feynman.

Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen Scientist

Type: Self-improvement ScienceAuthor: Richard Feynman  My rating: Buy now
Posted by Dominic Book introduction: A collection of the seminar notes of Prof. Richard Feynman letures on the meaning/definition of science, how to be scientific, what is unscientific, how to keep pushing the research front, the conflict between benefit that science brings and the potential damages that it caused; between science/religious and between science/politics.
My review: Well written and delivered seminar. I particularly enjoyed reading the conflict between science and religious, how religious can be defined into 3-parts Meta-physics: Who we are and how we come about. Ethic: How we should behave Spirtual: Meta-physics and ethic alone are not enough to pursuade people to behave, we need a spirtual link to inspire people to behave as defined in ethic part of religious. He further explained how meta-physics has been challenged many many times and has been modified, such as how man came to this earth, how the Sun didn't go round earth. How ethic has been upheld most of the time. The link meta-physics and spritual means that each time meta-physics is shaken, the spirtual part is shaken also. Science Vs. politics: Voters want to hear someone to tell them a "solution" instead of someone to tell them ways to find a practical solution. Politicians end up promising unachieveable goals/solutions and end up being called liars, and people have lost trust in politicians and they seek a new "liar" to tell them lies. This is very unscientific as Prof. Feynman puts it. Prof. Feynman has also defined what it means to be scientific, and how people today have been very unscientific in many many ways. Very interesting reading and it helps you to solve problems and everyday tasks in the scientific way. Highly recommended.

Richard Feynman : A Life in Science

Type: Biography Author: John Gribbin, Mary Gribbin  My rating:  Buy now
Posted by Dominic Book introduction: This is a Biography focuses more on the science of Prof Feynman
My review: Having read a few books on Prof. Feynman on his character, it is a nice change to read more about his science.

What Do You Care What Other People Think

Type: BiographyAuthor: Ralph Leighton (Contributor), Richard Phillips Feynman  My rating: Buy now
Posted by Dominic Book introduction: Another book on the life of Prof. Richard Feynman. More interesting stories about the great professor.
My review: As an admirer of Prof. Feynman, very glad to read another book on his life story.

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!

Type: Biography Author: Edward Hutchings  My rating:  Buy now
Posted by Dominic Book introduction: A light-hearted biography of one of the greatest and most fascinated personality. It tells the many interesting stories of Prof Richard Feynman, funny, witty, curious and warm.
My review: Prof Richard Feynman is one of the characters that I respect most. It is great to read about his stories from this book.