R P. FEYNMAN - SIX EASY PIECES (서론)

The Feynman Lectures on Physics (originally published in 1963)로 부터 가장 쉬운 여섯가지 파트르 가져와 풀어 쓴 책이다.

[Introduction]

근대 물리학의 역사에 대해 서술하면서 아이작 뉴턴 - 알버트 아인슈타인으로 이야기가 시작된다.

Issac Newton - well connected, devoutly religious, unhurried, and methodical in his work.
Albert Einstein - Eccentric, disheveled, Germanic, absent-minded, utterly absorbed in his work, and an archetypal abstract thinker.


마음에 드는 구절을 가져와 본다.

• Each age adopts its particular approach to scientific problems, usually following the trail blazed by certain dominant figures who both set the agenda and define the best methods to tackle it.

 

• He was not the sort of genius to beaver away in isolation in a backwater of the discipline and to stumble across the profoundly new. His special talent was to approach essentially mainstream topics in an idiosyncratic way.

 

• Feynman's attitude was almost cavalier.

 

• Only by adopting the highest standards of mental discipline can most physicists make progress.

 

• Feynman himself did much to cultivate his distinctive persona.

 

• It was Feynman's happy-go-lucky- approach to life in general and physics in particular that made him such a super communicator.

• He has the knack for finding just the right analogy or everyday illustration to bring out the essence of a deep principle, without obscuring it in incidental or irrelevant details.

 

•  Physicists say that the world is “invariant under time translations,” meaning that whether you take midnight or midday to be the zero of time in your measurements, it makes no difference to the description of physical phenomena.

 

 

책에 대한 간단한 소개와 함께 파인만이 어떠한 사람인지 매우 간략하게 소개하였다.

 -  양자 전기역학 (QED) 과 파인만 다이아그램, 그리고 파인만의 경로적분 공식에 대한 키워드가 소개된다.

 - 몇 가지 예전에 어렴풋하게 배웠었던 물리학에 대한 이론에 대한 키워드가 등장하는데, 본격적으로 책을 읽어봐야 알 수 있을 것 같다.

 

[단어 공부]

stature - a person's natural height. (지위)
personify - represent (a quality or concept) by a figure in human form. (의인화하다)
disheveled - (of a person's hair, clothes, or appearance) untidy; disordered. (흐트러진)
archetypal - very typical of a certain kind of person or thing. (전형적인)
edifice - a building, especially a large, imposing one. / a complex system of beliefs. (빌딩 / 구성물)
abide - accept or act in accordance with (a rule, decision, or recommendation). (머물다)
hitherto - until now or until the point in time under discussion. (지금까지)

eponymous -(of a person) giving their name to something. (이름의 시조가 된)

formidable - inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large, powerful, intense, or capable. (무서운)

idiosyncratic - relating to idiosyncrasy; peculiar or individual. (특이한)

eschewing - 회피

cavalier - a supporter of King Charles I in the English Civil War. (기사)

pluck - take hold of (something) and quickly remove it from its place. (당기기)

prankster - a person fond of playing pranks. (장난꾸러기)

outwitting - 속이는

reluctant - unwilling and hesitant; disinclined. (주저하는)

voluble - (of a person) talking fluently, readily, or incessantly. (휘감는 / 변설이 유창한 / 회전성이 있는)

proverbial - (of a word or phrase) referred to in a proverb or idiom. (유명한 - proverb: 속담)

unfurl - make or become spread out from a rolled or folded state, especially in order to be open to the wind. (펴다)

panache - flamboyant confidence of style or manner. (깃털 장식)

knack - an acquired or natural skill at performing a task. (기교)

arcane - understood by few; mysterious or secret. (신비한)

wary - feeling or showing caution about possible dangers or problems. (조심성 있는)