Six Easy Pieces

Although I haven't been the top student in my class in physics I've always been drawn to it. Contemporary physics is so weird and complicated that I had no hopes of ever understanding any of it. That's where Feynman steps in. Reading complex formulas and accepting the ambiguity of how things work is only possible if it's explained like Feynman explains it. You're not being underestimated, but you feel cared for. And most importantly, you end up understanding things you'd never dreamt of ever understanding.