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The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen Scientist collects three previously unpublished lectures by Richard Feynman, probably the greatest popularizer of physics in this century. There's plenty of scientific illumination here for the general reader, and more remarkably, some fantastic ruminations on the relationships between science,
The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen Scientist collects three previously unpublished lectures by Richard Feynman, probably the greatest popularizer of physics in this century. There's plenty of scientific illumination here for the general reader, and more remarkably, some fantastic ruminations on the relationships between science, religion, politics and everyday life. Feynman is especially sensitive to the relationships between scientific scepticism, faithful doubt and ideological flexibility. These lectures have been transcribed verbatim, so they sometimes ramble and repeat themselves. But this slim volume has wisdom and wit on every page: it's a truly erudite and edifying meditation on Dostoevsky's observation that "There lies more faith in honest doubt, believe me, than in half the creeds." -- Michael Joseph Gross
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