The Feynman Lectures on Physics Vol 1
by Richard Phillips Feynman · first published 1986
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Feynman lectures on physics - vol 1 If at some point you found Physics wonderful, and then lost it when everything became calculations, I wholeheartedly recommend this book, and the other volumes once you are done with it. Feynman has…
on “Ask HN: What are you reading right now?” ↗…without initial conditions (of course to use this fact, you would need to understand that F=ma is a differential equation, not a function) (Maybe it's better if you read some good introductory text, such as Feynman Lectures on Physics Vol 1, Chapter 9). If still not clear for you: the initial state in a two body problem is determined by the initial position and velocity. They are the initial conditions of your "function" F=ma, which is…
on “Why Lisp Did Not and Never Will Gain Enough Traction” ↗…of atoms—little particles that move around in perpetual motion, attracting each other when they are a little distance apart, but repelling upon being squeezed into one another.” ― Richard Feynman, The Feynman Lectures on Physics Vol 1 This should be generalized and augmented to the idea of analysis and synthesis in general, what we could call "general alchemy". That is physical and symbolic isolation & scientific controls help to…
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