Richard phillips feynman, a Jewish-American physicist, won the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics. Bachelor of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, postgraduate of Princeton University, doctor of theoretical physics. He taught at Cornell University for several years and then at California Institute of Technology until his death.
Feynman is a master of physics, and his works have influenced many researchers, even Nobel Prize winners.
Not only that, he is also highly respected by many entrepreneurs and is known as the "Silicon Valley Mentor".
There is a huge poster of Feynman hanging in the Apple Building.
Bill? Gates regretted that he could not have direct contact with Feynman, and also wrote about Feynman's life and its influence on himself.
Google founder Sergey? Brin and Larry? Page also admired Feynman and thought that Feynman changed their way of thinking.
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What is the power of Feynman's reading method?
Feynman gave her a college astronomy textbook on her sister 14 birthday, and said a word to her sister, teaching her a reading method, so that her middle school sister could understand the college professional textbook. His sister later became an astronomer.
Doctoral students from Peking University Institute of Mathematics got together and read Montessori's The Secret of Childhood with Feynman reading method. Later, he was invited to participate in the international seminar of the Central Institute for Nationalities, where he deeply interpreted Montessori's educational thought. This article was included in the proceedings of the conference.
What is Feynman's reading method?
Simply put, if you get stuck, start from the beginning. If you get stuck, start from the beginning.
Maybe you will find it incredible when you read this: once you get stuck, start from the beginning, every time?
Yes, that's right.
When I first heard this method, I thought it was amazing, even a little skeptical, so I tried it. I happen to have a copy of Sima Qian's Historical Records at hand.
Before reading historical records, if you only read the original text, you will encounter some words that you can't fully grasp. At that time, I either read on and guessed the meaning according to the context, or looked up the translation at the back. Although this is understandable, on the whole, it is not deeply understood.
This time I tried Feynman's reading method and asked myself to know the exact meaning of each word.
After reading 1 times, I didn't see the last line of paragraph 4, so I got stuck and met an uncertain sentence.
Then I read it again from the beginning and got stuck in that sentence again.
I resisted the urge to look through the translation and started from scratch without reading it. Reading that sentence for the third time, suddenly, I understood. In order to verify the correctness of the understanding, I checked the later translations.
That's right.
And through reading these three times, I have a deeper understanding of the contents of these four paragraphs.
These four paragraphs are about the Yellow Emperor, that is, Xuanyuan. Through reading three books, I understand that one of the reasons why Huangdi can replace Shennong is that Shennong can't conquer by force, but he can. In other words, in the era of the Yellow Emperor, times changed. Shennong is honored as a * * * master because he has tasted all kinds of herbs. With the passage of time, the development of productive forces is gradually unbalanced, and new forces have emerged, such as Yan Di and Chi You. At this time, we need a vassal who can be conquered by force to pacify the war.
I didn't think of this when I saw it before.
Reading gains: In addition to understanding the words, I also read other contents.
I found another Robert? The first time I read Feldman's Developmental Psychology was in the old way, but there was not much information and I was not impressed.
Then use Feynman's reading method to read.
I read the prophecy in chapter 1. The prediction part is a little simpler, but I also read it twice in a row. The second time I got more information, I was more impressed.
After reading two books twice, I came to the conclusion that:
Feynman's reading method is really useful, especially reading professional books.
Why is Feynman's reading method so effective?
The biggest obstacle to learning is forgetting. According to Ebbinghaus's forgetting curve, after 20 minutes, the memory retention rate is only 58.2%. If you get stuck, start from the beginning, that is, high-frequency review against forgetting.
What you think you know is actually not fully mastered. You are stuck because there are gaps or ambiguities in your knowledge. Reading from the beginning can help you better understand and grasp.
Feynman's reading method is not only suitable for reading professional books, but also suitable for other research.
I use Feynman's reading method in teaching, and it is equally effective to teach students to interpret the review materials of the college entrance examination.
For example, speech disorders.
The typo is a small synthesis of Chinese basic knowledge, including content words, function words, idioms and other knowledge, as well as grammar knowledge. If you don't learn well before, it will inevitably affect your understanding and mastery of typos. Therefore, once students are stuck with any key concepts, they will immediately add explanations. In the process of practice, if the words are not well mastered, guide the students to look up reference books and review.
In short, if you get stuck, ask, check, review and fill in the previous knowledge loopholes. Every interpretation and practice is to check for leaks and fill gaps.
Feynman reading can also be used to interpret life.
When you are confused and don't know how to choose; When you encounter setbacks, hardships and lose confidence; When you are enterprising and need to adjust and improve, you can go back and reflect.
Dale Carnegie tells the story of a banker in The Weakness of Human Nature. Every Saturday night, the banker reviews his schedule with fixed things, and makes introspection and self-evaluation. He felt that it was this method that improved his decision-making ability and made him make progress in dealing with people.
Don't you want to try such a magical Feynman reading method?