SECOND WEEK: 'Six Easy Pieces'

'Six Easy Pieces' by Richard P. Feynman
January 5 - January 9, 144 pages

"The principle of science, the definition, almost, is the following: The test of all knowledge is experiment. Experiment is the sole judge of scientific 'truth'."

This was a book that I would not usually read for leisure. This was a book on Physics, supposedly in layman's terms. Not exactly true, but I didn't really have too much trouble with it because I did Physics in VCE. Alot of the content we had already covered although the chapter on Quantum Behaviour was very eye-opening. It was good to find a book like this that combined my love of reading and Physics although it was very dry (which I expected it to be).

The book was adapted from a series of lectures given by the famous physicist Richard Feynman. This is the first non-fiction book I have read in a very, very long time that wasn't for school. Although, I think this will be the first of many to come. I have a couple others lines up like 'A short history of nearly everything', 'the fabric of the cosmos', and 'crimes against humanity.' I may try reading 'six not so easy pieces', the follow up to this book, but not any time soon.

(I'm a bit ahead at the moment in my reading schedule which is lucky as the book I'm on at the moment is going to push me to my limits. When I'm reading a book that I'm enjoying, I don't like to rush it, I like to savour it. I have my fingers and toes crossed that by trying to read a book every week, it doesn't take any of the enjoyment out)