Summary
- A fun recounting of Feynman’s life, time on NASA exploring the Challenger disaster and his genuine curiosity of all things
Key Takeaways
- Father and first love had the biggest influence on him
- Father turned science and teaching into reality when he was a boy by making analogies or comparing to immediate surroundings
- Huge difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something
- Highest forms of understanding are laughing and human compassion
- Have no respect for authority. Question everything and if faulty conclusion, call it as you see it
- Science helps man’s imagination catch up to that of nature
- In order for any progress, we must recognize our ignorance and leave room for doubt
What I got out of it
- A fun read with some insight into how Feynman was as a person and thinker