The Pleasure of Finding Things Out

Richard P. Feynman

What does it feel like to think like a great physicist, who found joy in discovery and held that science's greatest value is the freedom to doubt?

At a glance

You will be able to spot cargo cult science, from ESP to rhinoceros horn cures, that looks like research but is not
You will weigh whether the old conflict between science and religion is still a real dilemma
You will see why the freedom to doubt, not certainty, is what Feynman valued most in science

THE PLEASURE OF FINDING THINGS OUT
FOREWORD:
THIS SIDE IDOLATRY
by Freeman Dyson
EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION
THE PLEASURE OF FINDING THINGS OUT
COMPUTING MACHINES IN THE FUTURE
LOS ALAMOS FROM BELOW
WHAT IS AND WHAT SHOULD BE THE ROLE OF SCIENTIFIC CULTURE IN MODERN SOCIETY
THERE′S PLENTY OF ROOM AT THE BOTTOM
THE VALUE OF SCIENCE
Of all its many values, the greatest must be the freedom to doubt.
RICHARD P. FEYNMAN’S MINORITY REPORT TO THE SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER INQUIRY
WHAT IS SCIENCE?
THE SMARTEST MAN IN THE WORLD
CARGO CULT SCIENCE: SOME REMARKS ON SCIENCE, PSEUDOSCIENCE, AND LEARNING HOW TO NOT FOOL YOURSELF
IT’S AS SIMPLE AS ONE, TWO, THREE
RICHARD FEYNMAN BUILDS A UNIVERSE
THE RELATION OF SCIENCE AND RELIGION