Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!

What the summary covers

1. Learning by taking things apart3 min
2. Different places, different tools3 min
3. Work at Los Alamos5 min
4. Play, teaching, and what a formula means3 min
5. When an answer has to meet the world3 min
6. Learning another craft2 min
7. Reading what the schoolbooks actually say3 min
8. Fame and the felt reward of work2 min
9. The vivid feeling that something must be true1 min
10. The integrity behind a scientific claim2 min

Read it alongside

• Puts it into practiceScience Fictions: How Fraud, Bias, Negligence, and Hype Undermine the Search for Truth

  Feynman insists on reporting inconvenient results. Ritchie describes Registered Reports: journals review plans before data collection and, if approved, commit to publishing positive or null results.

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