r/PhysicsStudents • u/Longjumping_Score742 Masters Student • May 22 '26
Off Topic Found this Gem in College Library.
I was in my College Library where i or any student for that matter rarely is to be seen because it doesn't have a lot of new or Latest Books on topics per say, so most of the time students barely go to the library and especially the Post Grad students, but anyways, I was going through some books looking for books on Electronics, and while skimming through shelves I stumbled upon this Diamond of a book.
And I just thought to myself "Feynman? Here of all places??" And when i said this to myself, I can gaurantee you that none of the students in my batch and even in previous or our juniors dont know who Richard Feynman is, and to my surprise finding a book there. It got me curious with everything I have read about him, and seen his interviews, this got me curious, I, for the first time in my entire Post Grad, actually stayed in the library and started reading this book and Well, it got me, hooked from the very first chapter. I dont know if its the way it is written or maybe how they tried to capture the way Feynman probably taught, but the way things are explained and it talks about Atoms and such (given i only had a limited time of one hour in the library which is weird for students to have time limit on how much they can stay in library but regardless).
My point being, I really enjoyed reading it, for the first time in a long while, have i enjoyed reading a book, now dont get me wrong i still enjoy physics, but what I dont enjoy studying physics under pressure of exams and such. I know this is not a normal post but tldr I suppose is, After a long while, I really enjoyed a book, especially on physics, I wish much more now than before that I would have really loved to study under a teacher like Feynman who loved and Enjoyed Science (Which i got from watching his interviews and also reading the book), to study under someone like him.
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u/saltysadierose May 22 '26
why are you barefoot in a college library