Tuesday, April 01, 2008

With this post I am pleased to announce a new endeavor by yours truly to write a short book review whenever I finish a book.

I recently finished off "The Character of Physical Law" by Richard Feynman. It is not a book written for writing's sake, but rather a transcript of a series of lectures he gave at Cornell University. He discusses the process of discovering new laws, what makes a law, and why not all theories are laws. You don't necessarily need a Ph.D. in a scientific field, but it might help. This is a book for science enthusiasts. If your favorite reading material comes in Us and People, this book probably isn't for you. But if you enjoy New Scientist or Physical Review Letters, then go for it!

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