Richard Feynman

Theoretical Physicist & Nobel Laureate

1918 — 1988

The Physics Master. Nobel laureate. Master of first principles reasoning, intellectual honesty, and explaining complexity with radical simplicity.

Highlights

Selected wisdom from 12 entries

“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself—and you are the easiest person to fool.”

“If it disagrees with experiment, it's wrong. In that simple statement is the key to science.”

“What I cannot create, I do not understand.”