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This book compiles a selection of notable quotes from the renowned physicist Richard Feynman, showcasing his wit, insights, and perspectives on science and life.
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“Since then I never pay attention to anything by "experts". I calculate everything myself.”
“Learn what the rest of the world is like. The variety is worthwhile.”
“Energy is a very subtle concept. It is very, very difficult to get right.”
“Nature's imagination far surpasses our own.”
“I'm trying to find out NOT how Nature could be, but how Nature IS.”
“This is not yet a scientific age.”
“I don't believe I can really do without teaching.”
“What is not surrounded by uncertainty cannot be the truth.”
“I am not interested in what today's mathematicians find interesting.”
“Science is of value because it can produce something.”
“If you don't like it, go somewhere else, to another universe where the rules are simpler.”
“Don't pay attention to "authorities," think for yourself.”
“The highest forms of understanding we can achieve are laughter and human compassion.”
“I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.”
“Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts.”
“If you thought that science was certain - well, that is just an error on your part.”
“I, a universe of atoms, an atom in the universe.”
“We are lucky to live in an age in which we are still making discoveries.”
“But there is nothing in biology yet found that indicates the inevitability of death.”
“Words can be meaningless. If they are used in such a way that no sharp conclusions can be drawn.”
“The game I play is a very interesting one. It's imagination, in a tight straightjacket.”
“A very great deal more truth can become known than can be proven.”
“Scientists are explorers. Philosophers are tourists.”
“Maybe that is why young people make success. They don't know enough.”