The Sunday Times . All express great respect for Feynman, and mention how impressive he was as a public speaker. He could say more with body language alone than most people can extract from the Oxford English Dictionary. But on paper, dealing with matters far from his comfort zone, Feynman is quite another matter. The book is badly dated and atrociously edited.
Many pages make the reader squirm with embarrassment.
Happily the answer is, for the most part, yes. Similarly the illustrative quotes chosen here are merely those the complete review subjectively believes represent the tenor and judgment of the review as a whole. The three lectures in this volume, first delivered in 1963, discuss The Uncertainty of Science , The Uncertainty of Values , and This Unscientific Age . Addressed to a wider public, Feynman largely avoids technical detail and presents broader issues in science and society, most of which are as relevant today as they were when he spoke. He carefully broaches the subject of religion, considering the effect science and the study of science can have on such a belief system.