In 1984, I misread the syllabus for my Physics class, and, as a consequence, bought &#x27;The Feynman Lectures in Physics&#x27;.  It turned out to be a brilliant mistake, as Feynman was much wiser and funnier than the required textbook. One of the best intellectual moments of my early college life was to read his perspective [0] on how physics fit in with the other sciences, echoed nicely later by Randall Munroe [1].<p>[0] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu&#x2F;I_03.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu&#x2F;I_03.html</a>
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