In 1910, the surgeons Moreau and LePrince wrote about their successful operation on an
eight-year-old boy who had been blind since birth because of cataracts. When the boy's …

The Pleasure of Finding Things Out is a magnificent treasury of the best short works of
Richard P. Feynman—from interviews and speeches to lectures and printed articles. A …

This greatly rewritten edition of my first book started from the happy experience of giving
lectures and running practical classes (very important!) at the University of Cambridge …

To his colleagues, Richard Feynman was not so much a genius as he was a full-blown
magician: someone who “does things that nobody else could do and that seem completely …

“We're in Ajegunle,” he said. I could feel the outline of the rock behind us, tracing shapes
and patterns onto my back. Each movement I made was a new canvas for the rocks, another …

" How the Hippies Saved Physics gives us an unconventional view of some unconventional
people engaged early in the fundamentals of quantum theory. Great fun to read."—Anton …

Vision, more than any other sense, dominates our mental life. Our conscious visual
experience of the world is so rich and detailed that we can hardly distinguish it from the real …

In his last letter, Goethe wrote," The Ancients said that the animals are taught through their
organs; let me add to this, so are men, but they have the advantage of teaching their organs …

Throughout the day, but especially during the afternoon, people come to see Serigne Faye.
1 His home, where he receives this steady stream, is located in one of the oldest working …

" Dr. Gamow, physicist and gifted writer, has sketched an intriguing portrait of the scientists
and clashing ideas that made the quantum revolution."—Christian Science Monitor In 1900 …