For anyone who hasn't read "Surly you're joking Mr. Feynman", you should. Highly recommended.

Might make you feel inadequate, but the dude is freaking inspiring: https://www.amazon.com/Surely-Youre-Joking-Mr-Feynman/dp/0393355624

I've also often had my research students read https://www.amazon.com/Double-Helix-Personal-Discovery-Structure-ebook/dp/B00570ALPC/

I was in the same boat recently. I joined STEM mainly because I inspired by the greats (Feynman, Sagan, Hawking, and so on) that I grew up watching and reading about. They explained the big ideas and I got all excited and wanted to solve them. Over the years I got to into the weeds, fatigued, lost passion, and forgot about why I joined STEM. You just have to find that same passion that made you pursue STEM in the first place again.

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Honestly everyone goes through this. Richard Feynman went through this and was "disgusted" with Physics. After doing some soul searching he rediscovered why he loved Physics again. He talks about this in a book of his "[Surely Your Joking Mr.Feyman](https://www.amazon.com/Surely-Youre-Joking-Mr-Feynman/dp/0393355624/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1536790260&sr=8-1&keywords=surely+youre+joking+mr+feynman)" and there's a youtube vid somewhere but I can't find it for some reason.

Einstein: His Life and Universe https://www.amazon.com/dp/1501171380/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_9.WRBbXNRTK9Z

The World As I See It https://www.amazon.com/dp/1494877066/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_AaXRBbBEBC376

I recommend those two, also, one of Richard Feynmans books talks about Einstein. They were colleagues. It's also just a great book, definitely recommend.

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character https://www.amazon.com/dp/0393355624/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_jcXRBbYX0FQ9M

There's a nice anecdote along these lines (but about Portuguese) in Richard Feynman's wonderful Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman.

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! - biographical, scientific, and very funny and entertaining. Great read: https://www.amazon.com/Surely-Youre-Joking-Mr-Feynman/dp/0393355624/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1537541427&sr=8-1

Richard Feynman

His book, What do you care what other people think?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YMvBifg8C0


https://www.amazon.com/What-Care-Other-People-Think/dp/0393355640/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=feynman+care+what+other&qid=1571416920&sr=8-1

Surely you're Joking Mr. Feynman!
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393355624/

What Feyman was like, just before dying of cancer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKTSaezB4p8


The Feynman Series, Feynman's talk's on many subjects, starting with his discussion on beauty:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRmbwczTC6E&list=PLJFcOAxYFZCM4xh4hiz0S5gH8eLXeJWYV


Displaying how much love he has for understanding & learning, for curiousity, and for the beauty of life:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1ww1IXRfTA

"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" - It's the memoirs of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman. Despite his genius, the book is not technical in any way and instead focuses on the bizarre, outlandish, and behind-the-scenes moments of his life.

Into Thin Air - Jon Krakauer's white-knuckle, first-hand account of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster.