The Feynman Lectures on Physics

Over the past three decades, I have asked hundreds of people to name the five or ten books that have meant the most to them. Although Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice tops the list, The Feynman Lectures on Physics is the science title most often cited. That may say something about the kind of readers I talk to, but it is an accurate reflection of the broad reach of this half-century-old scientific classic.