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But is really breadth and depth what makes Feynman’s approach to physics unique? To me the unique aspect is more the uncompromising intuitionistic approach wi
by bjornsing 7y ago
But is really breadth and depth what makes Feynman’s approach to physics unique?
To me the unique aspect is more the uncompromising intuitionistic approach with little consideration/adaptation for “shallow/correlative thinkers”...
- oarabbus_ 7y agoThis. I think everyone in this topic is missing the point of what makes the Feynman Lectures unique.
- adrianmonk 7y agoI'd use 3 words to describe Feynman's style: clarity, accessibility, and fascination.
- amelius 7y agoThis description made me think of the "Mathologer" channel on YouTube.
- throwaway_bad 7y agoIt's easy to gain physical intuition because you can often explain one physical phenomenon in terms of another physical phenomenon that you have much more real life experience with. But with mathematics, "intuitive" analogies are all in terms of other mathematical objects! You can't build intuition if you don't even know what they trying to abstract over. In that regards, The Princeton Companion to Mathematics is fantastic because it maps out how the different fields of mathematics are interrelated.