I've recently finished these two books by Richard Feynman (the first as suggested by Lisa) and it was quite an amazing read. I would say the first book is more for the general audience, while the second one is for people who have an interest in the Challenger disaster - or if you just want to "hear" Feynman talk... His humour and insight is quite awesome.
Some thoughts from these books:
- have integrity, which is a fundamental aspect of science, so of course Feynman stands by it. But I think his argument to infuse honesty into other fields (like business and politics, *gasp!) should be considered, though I often feel that innocence like that can no longer take root again as these aspects of society are generally already weed-infested =(
- Don't care about who you're talking to - who's giving you information, etc. because who they are shouldn't change the fact that they're being dumb (if indeed they are). Feynman is lucky to be gifted with not caring about social conventions.
- have fun!
-L
