The Character of Physical Law
by Richard P. Feynman
The 1964 Cornell lectures: gravitation, conservation, symmetry, probability, the search for new laws. Feynman on what laws of nature are like.
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you want to understand how physics thinks.
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you want particular results.
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Three things you will actually use
- Guess, compute, compare.
- If it disagrees with experiment, it is wrong.
- Beauty guides, experiment decides.
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Read the lecture on seeking new laws.
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Feynman's Cornell lectures.
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