In 1984, I misread the syllabus for my Physics class, and, as a consequence, bought 'The Feynman Lectures in Physics'. It turned out to be a brilliant mistake,

In 1984, I misread the syllabus for my Physics class, and, as a consequence, bought 'The Feynman Lectures in Physics'. 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]. [0] http://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/I_03.html http://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/I_03.html [1] https://xkcd.com/435/ https://xkcd.com/435/