Project Sherlock

Physics

History & Philosophy of Physics

How the picture changed, and the arguments that changed it.

8 topics · 2 curated works

Topics

Curated reading

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No prior grounding assumed.

  • Cargo Cult ScienceRichard Feynman, 1974· ≈4,000 words

    Scientific integrity means bending over backwards to show how you might be wrong — everything else is imitation.

    Talk
  • The Character of Physical LawRichard Feynman, 1965· 7 lectures

    Seven lectures on what physical laws have in common: symmetry, conservation, and an unreasonable mathematical character.

    Lecture

Also covered elsewhere

This subject genuinely sits in more than one domain. These fields approach the same ground with different methods.

Elsewhere in Physics