QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter by Richard Feynman

I finished this a while back, but for some reason never logged it. Better
late than never.

This is a transcription (with editing) of a 4-lecture series Mr. Feynman
did in Australia (I think) for the layman.

It’s really pretty accessible, absolutely fascinating and fairly witty.

The biggest thing that has my head spinning is the concept of
anti-matter being backwards-in-time traveling matter. At least, that’s
what the Feynman diagrams indicate; I’ve been searching around the web to
see if that’s actually what everyone believes these days and I haven’t
figured that out, yet.

But it’s still pretty cool.

Also, all along I was still thinking this wave/particle duality thing
still meant something, but turns out it’s definitely particles. No one
understands why, but it’s definitely particles. So there’s that.

Also, I have a better understanding of what holds atoms together, and what
electrical current is at the fundamental level. Though, I’d be loath to
have to explain it myself.