What makes for genius in science? One day we may be able to link it to particularly advantageous patterns of neurons and axons in specific locations of the brain. But even if that day should come, I ...

Physicist Richard Feynman received the Nobel Prize for his work unraveling one of the most mind-bending subjects known to humankind: quantum physics. He was also famous for his clear and engaging ...

A short and direct quote from Richard P. Feynman still resonates with people of all ages in a world where science and other difficult topics can be hard to understand. Feynman was a physicist who was ...

Norton. 511 pp. $29.95 Anyone who writes knows how difficult it is to come up with a good title. Lynne Truss published a moderately enjoyable ramble about punctuation but somehow had the genius to ...

In a short talk at Caltech, physicist Richard Feynman laid out a vision of manipulating and controlling atoms at the tiniest scale. It would precede the field of nanotechnology by decades. When you ...

Richard Feynman was a scientific genius with - in his words - a "limited intelligence". This dichotomy is just one of the characteristics that made him a fascinating subject. The Pleasure of Finding ...