About the book: 2014 / This book, which has been on the international bestseller list for more than 50 years, is based on the famous lectures of Richard Feynman, given by him in 1964 at Cornell university. In these lectures, the famous physicist talks about the fundamental laws of nature and the greatest achievements of world physics, which have not lost their relevance to this day - he talks in simple accessible language, understandable even to the most ordinary reader. Just look at his famous analogy with a wet man trying to dry himself with a wet towel, using the example of which he explains the law of conservation of energy!..