E-audiobook
The meaning of it all thoughts of a citizen scientist
Record details
- ISBN: 1433284944 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
- ISBN: 9781433284946 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
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Physical Description:
electronic resource
remote - Publisher: [Ashland, Or.] : Blackstone Audio, 2007.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Downloadable audio file. Title from: Title details screen. Unabridged. Duration: 2:50:44. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Raymond Todd. |
| System Details Note: | Requires OverDrive Media Console (WMA file size: 40897 KB; MP3 file size: 80174 KB). Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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| Subject: | Science -- Social aspects Religion and science |
| Genre: | Audiobooks. |
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Summary:
In this collection of lectures that Richard Feynman originally gave in 1963, unpublished during his lifetime, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist discusses several mega questions of science. What is the nature of the tension between science and religious faith? Why does uncertainty play such a crucial role in the scientific imagination? Is this really a scientific age? Marked by Feynman's characteristic combination of rationality and humor, these lectures provide an intimate glimpse at the man behind the legend. He says at the start of his final lecture, "I dedicate this lecture to showing what ridiculous conclusions and rare statements such a man as myself can make." Rare, perhaps, and irreverent, sure. But ridiculous? Not even close.
