My book review this week is Surely You’re Joking Mr. Feynman by Richard P. Feynman.
Besides winning the Nobel Prize in physics in 1965, Feynman was an eccentric, larger than life character with a list of achievements and accolades that are hard to fathom. He actively worked on the development of the atomic bomb, traded ideas with Einstein, Bohr, and Nick the Greek, cracked safes guarding highly sensitive atomic secrets, played bongo drums for a ballet, along with a host of other eclectic activities and accomplishments. This is a highly entertaining book full of funny stories, technical theory, and valuable life principles.
My takeaways from this book are the principles that Feynman discovered and exemplified throughout his life. I have listed a few of them below:
