I have to disregard everybody else, and then I can do my own work. Richard P. Feynman More Quotes by Richard P. Feynman More Quotes From Richard P. Feynman Once I get on a puzzle, I can't get off. Richard P. Feynman puzzle once off get The most obvious characteristic of science is its application: the fact that, as a consequence of science, one has a power to do things. And the effect this power has had need hardly be mentioned. The whole industrial revolution would almost have been impossible without the development of science. Richard P. Feynman revolution power impossible science The most remarkable discovery in all of astronomy is that the stars are made of atoms of the same kind as those on the earth. Richard P. Feynman astronomy stars earth discovery If I get stuck, I look at a book that tells me how someone else did it. I turn the pages, and then I say, 'Oh, I forgot that bit,' then close the book and carry on. Finally, after you've figured out how to do it, you read how they did it and find out how dumb your solution is and how much more clever and efficient theirs is! Richard P. Feynman look me you book I thought one should have the attitude of 'What do you care what other people think!' Richard P. Feynman you care attitude people Europeans are much more serious than we are in America because they think that a good place to discuss intellectual matters is a beer party. Richard P. Feynman good think serious beer Atoms are very special: they like certain particular partners, certain particular directions, and so on. It is the job of physics to analyze why each one wants what it wants. Richard P. Feynman job like physics special You're unlikely to discover something new without a lot of practice on old stuff, but further, you should get a heck of a lot of fun out of working out funny relations and interesting things. Richard P. Feynman you practice fun funny It is necessary to look at the results of observation objectively, because you, the experimenter, might like one result better than another. Richard P. Feynman result better look you The drawing teacher has this problem of communicating how to draw by osmosis and not by instruction, while the physics teacher has the problem of always teaching techniques, rather than the spirit, of how to go about solving physical problems. Richard P. Feynman problems drawing problem teacher Things on a very small scale behave like nothing that you have any direct experience about. They do not behave like waves, they do not behave like particles, they do not behave like clouds, or billiard balls, or weights on springs, or like anything that you have ever seen. Richard P. Feynman waves you experience clouds There were several possible solutions of the difficulty of classical electrodynamics, any one of which might serve as a good starting point to the solution of the difficulties of quantum electrodynamics. Richard P. Feynman difficulties solution possible good We do not know what the rules of the game are; all we are allowed to do is to watch the playing. Of course, if we watch long enough, we may eventually catch on to a few of the rules. The rules of the game are what we mean by fundamental physics. Richard P. Feynman rules game know long
