Feynman lectures on physics - vol 1<p>If at some point you found Physics wonderful, and then lost it when everything became calculations, I wholeheartedly recommend this book, and the other volumes once you are done with it.<p>Feynman has an engaging conversation style, and when you are immersed in the book, you literally feel the wonders of the universe. You go through Newton's motion and gravitation laws, and then using simple numerical methods, he plots you the orbital path around the sun of a given planet.<p>It does has derivations, but it doesn't let derivation take over the idea it's discussing. And some derivations and deductions will be enlightening when you already know something about something - for e.g for the first time in my life, I saw why the observed velocity won't exceed speed of light.<p>Even for the ideas I know, Feynman's explanation either add something, or make me thing "Holy Shit I didn't think of it that way." While discussing Newton's laws, he mentions this whole set of laws depends on a coordinate system - but we really can't say all experiments are to be performed at place x - but you know what, these laws are independent of the axis you choose, and here is how.<p>You are left thinking, hell, I kinda knew it but didn't approach it that way.<p>Then he will tell you a system moving with constant velocity in a straight line will observe the exact same laws of physics, and here is why, which is just an extension of the previous axis transform.<p>Even if you don't like Physics, give this book a try. Most likely you will understand universe better when you are through.