Started: 3/20/2020
Completed: 3/22/2020
Recommendation: Highly Recommended
Recommended By: Nobody
Review:
Richard Feynman was both brilliant and insightful. He did not think much of sociology or psychology (he classed those basically with astrology and religion). He was a misogynist who was shocked to think that women could learn linear algebra. On the slightly bright side, he fully accepted that his understanding of women's brains (with respect to linear algebra) was incorrect. It is unclear to me that he ever progressed beyond that, but he may have.
He talks about how he came to science largely through his father (who was a uniform salesman). His father encouraged him to look at the world as though "he were a Martian." This led Feynman to look at the world in a novel way and ask questions that many never think to ask. That is, without doubt, the greatest thing that Richard Feynman brings to the game.
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