Tagged "Reading"

I just finished reading Feynman’s “QED: The Strange Theory of Light And Matter” (henceforth ‘QED’) and, in the context of my post on reading more, I would like to give you a writeup of my thoughts. ‘QED’ is a pop-sci book covering the quantum theory of electromagnetism known as quantum electrodynamics. ‘QED’, however, takes a slightly different approach of presenting the science; it does not dumb things down to give you the illusion of understanding. For me, personally, the book was a breeze to read due to the fact that I am already familiar with most of these concepts from my physics studies. However, let’s look at this book from the perspective of the layperson instead. Do Feynman’s explanations still hold up? I think they do.

So, I know that it is very likely that no-one actually reads this blog, but I will make this commitment public nonetheless: I want to read more. If I recall correctly, I read something like 3 books last year. That is not bad in and of itself, given that the things I read were of reasonable difficulty and I had quite a full year at university. But now there are (almost) no excuses. So, here is my plan: I am going to read (at least) a book a month this year. Since I am already behind for January, I will have to make it up at some point. Accompanying me reading the will be a post of the form already seen before¹. So, I hope to see you on the 29th of February or 1st of March (I don’t know my schedule yet).