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1、TheMeaningofitAllRichardFeynmanTHEMEANINGOFITALLbyRichardP.FeynmanRichardP.Feynmanwasoneofthiscentury'smostbrillianttheoreticalphysicistsandoriginalthinkers.BorninFarRockaway,NewYork,in1918,hestudiedattheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology,wherehegraduatedwithaBSin1939.HewentontoPrinceto
2、nandreceivedhisPh.D.in1942.DuringthewaryearsheworkedattheLosAlamosScientificLaboratory.HebecameProfessorofTheoreticalPhysicsatCornellUniversity,whereheworkedwithHansBethe.HeallbutrebuiltthetheoryofquantumelectrodynamicsanditwasforthisworkthathesharedtheNobelPrizein1965.Hissimplifiedrule
3、sofcalculationbecamestandardtoolsoftheoreticalanalysisinbothquantumelectrodynamicsandhigh-energyphysics.FeynmanwasavisitingprofessorattheCaliforniaInstituteofTechnologyin1950,wherehelateracceptedapermanentfacultyappointment,andbecameRichardChaceTolmanProfessorofTheoreticalPhysicsin1959.
4、Hehadanextraordinaryabilitytocommunicatehissciencetoaudiencesatalllevels,andwasawell-knownandpopularlecturer.RichardFeynmandiedin1988afteralongillness.FreemanDyson,oftheInstituteforAdvancedStudyinPrinceton,NewJersey,calledhim'themostoriginalmindofhisgeneration',whileinitsobituaryTheNewY
5、orkTimesdescribedhimas'arguablythemostbrilliant,iconoclasticandinfluentialofthepostwargenerationoftheoreticalphysicists'.Anumberofcollectionsandadaptationsofhislectureshavebeenpublished,includingTheFeynmanLecturesonPhysics,QED(Penguin,1990),TheCharacterofPhysicalLaw(Penguin,1992),SixEas
6、yPieces(Penguin,1998),TheMeaningofItAll(Penguin,1999)andSixNot-So-EasyPieces(AllenLane,1998;Penguin,1999).TheFeynmanLecturesonGravitationandTheFeynmanLecturesonComputationarebothforthcominginPenguin.Hismemoirs,SurelyYou'reJoking,MrFeynman,werepublishedin1985.TheMeaningofItAllRichardP.Fe
7、ynmanContentsI.TheUncertaintyofScienceII.TheUncertaintyofValuesIII.ThisUnscientificAgeTheselectures,giveninApril1963,arepublishedhereforthefirsttime.WearegratefultoCarlFeynmanandMichelleFeynmanformakingthisbookpossible.ITheUncertaintyofScienceIWANTTOADDRESSmyselfdirectlytotheim
