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The Value of Science & Math vs Physics, Feynman
Richard Feynman’s 1955 essay “The Value of Science” is a classic defense of the importance of scientific exploration. In the essay, Feynman argues that the pursuit of knowledge for its own sake is a vital human endeavor, and that science has a unique ability to reveal the mysteries of the universe. Feynman begins by describing […]
It All Started With Marconi
In his delightful memoir, Love & Math [1], mathematician Edward Frenkel shares the following “anecdote” about wireless telegraphy: At the beginning of the 20th century, someone asks a physicist at a party: can you explain how it works? The physicist replies that it’s very simple. First, you have to understand how the ordinary, wired, telegraph works; imagine […]