I once had a friend that I was tutoring in physics explain to me that this was her intro physics "textbook". Amazingly, though I was studying physics, I hadn't really been introduced to Richard Feynman in any real way. That Saturday, I sat down with a cup of coffee in my small rooming house kitchen and started reading this book. Feynman is a magician of explanation. On every page I read, Feynman took some concept that I was familiar with and tugged it apart, then with a sly turn deftly snapped it back together in a new form. The explanation that he produced this way was simpler, better, and it was as if he'd dropped that concept to its ground state. A puff of needless complication floats away and he hands you back a pearl of an idea. That's what reading this is like.

A thorough, enjoyable explanation of some of the basics. At times hard to understand in text form.

There is some interesting insight in this book, but I found a great deal of it over my head. I got the point of each chapter, though some of his descriptions and terminology make things a bit muddled in spots; especially in the chapter about quantum mechanics. Chapters 1 and 5 specifically are pretty clear and highly interesting.

I like Richard Feynman and the way he explains things. As with any great scholar, he does know how to explain and teach laymen. The lecture was interesting to listen to and though some of it bounced off of me, it was still informative.

3 stars = I liked it

A light read that serves as a non-mathematical introduction to variegated chapters of general physics. I found the volume to be too light actually, as I felt that everything was indeed aimed at a reader who has a very low foundation in science. Surprisingly, this was mentioned even by the author himself; he discussed the many readers' futile endeavour to learn about science via reading popular science books, and I do agree with his premise that one cannot learn much from such books. Hence my take-home message is that unless I greatly enjoy reading popular science books on physics, I will not read them. And I do want to learn more, I will rather study physics from a high school to university level in my free time with proper textbooks.

Not recommended to those who have already read his [b:Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics By Its Most Brilliant Teacher|5553|Six Easy Pieces Essentials of Physics By Its Most Brilliant Teacher|Richard Feynman|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1400827293s/5553.jpg|736922] - he repeats himself often.
Recommended to readers who would like to see how Mr Feynman introduces the general audience to the enthralling beauty of physics. Warning: one can learn and properly understand only very little physics from popular science books.

Overall this was pretty good. Some of it was hard to track with, which is I think the nature of the material. Feynman is a bit too common-sensey sometimes, but we need some of those people in physics.

It's very interesting how Richard Feyman could explain everything in a simple and exciting way as possible. It's amazing how he could see physical laws very deeply and relate it to each other, in a somehow mysterious way. Very recommended for deeper thinking of understanding the laws in our universe in a fun way Richard Feyman presented.

I like this book, thoroughly. Feynman was a captivating orator I can imagine. The content was easy to understand for laymen like me.