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Classic Feynman: All the Adventures of a Curious Character
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 530.092
EAN: 9780393061321
ISBN: 0393061329
Label: W. W. Norton
Manufacturer: W. W. Norton
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 608
Publication Date: November 07, 2005
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Studio: W. W. Norton
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Editorial Review:
An omnibus edition celebrating a great scientific mind and a legendary American original—including a live recording.Richard Feynman (1918-1988) thrived on outrageous adventures. In the phenomenal national bestsellers "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" and "What Do You Care What Other People Think?" the Nobel Prize-winning physicist recounted in an inimitable voice his adventures trading ideas on atomic physics with Einstein and Bohr and ideas on gambling with Nick the Greek, painting a naked female toreador, accompanying a ballet on his bongo drums, solving the mystery of the Challenger disaster, and much else of an eyebrow-raising, hugely entertaining, and astounding nature. One of the most influential and creative minds of recent history, Feynman also possessed an unparalleled ability as a storyteller, a delightful coincidence celebrated in this special omnibus edition of his classic stories. Now packaged with an hour-long audio CD of the 1978 "Los Alamos from Below" lecture, Classic Feynman offers readers a chance to finally hear a great tale in the orator's own voice.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Highly Entertaining
This autobiography of the great physicist Richard Feynman should appeal to all those readers who want to know about his private life and scientific activities in detail.However, most of the material is taken from two previous books, "Surely you're joking, Mr Feynman" and "What do you care what other people think?". Some of the "adventures" were already related by James Gleick in his biography of Feynman, "Genius".So people who own these books can do without this one, unless they are real Feynman ... Read More
Rating: - Inspirational
The stories in this book gave be belly laughs, and they also made me think.
Rating: - curious indeed
This is a wonderful read....a chance to listen to a great scientist with a wonderful quirky mind. It is all interesting, some of it very touching, but the part on the investigation of the Challenger explosion is a classic study in bureaucratic malingering.
Rating: - Witty and interesting
A interesting view of life through the eyes of a down to earth genius.
Rating: - Two books in one + CD...
I have purchased almost all Feynman books so far.
Be forewarned. This book is a compilation of "Surely your joking..." and "What do you care what..." plus a bonus CD audio recording of a talk which was "in-te-res-ting" ( a Feynmanism).
If I had realized this, I would only have bought this book instead of all three.
For a more global and thorough exposition of his life, consider Gleick's '93 book "Genius".
For those wondering if they should ... Read More
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