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  • Feynman's stories  

    Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman: Adventures of a Curious Character (Paperback)
    The slim book by Richard Feynman, the eminent theoretical physicist, contains stories from his life, Ralph Leighton has collected at irregular intervals over the course of seven years; The focus is not Feynman as a scientist in the foreground, in the
  • 3 stars only because of the unfortunate mixture of dull and very interesting.  

    Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman: Adventures of a Curious Character (Paperback)
    The book is written by a third party. The represents over long distances as a Feynman Nerd than nerd, as an outsider, even as antisocial. So Feynman spends his evenings in topless bars and doing a little math. Or, it is running in the forest around a
  • Interestingly, the autobiography of a scientist could not well be ..  

    Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman: Adventures of a Curious Character (Paperback)
    Richard P. Feynman refuted the prejudice of boring, unworldly professor. Driven by curiosity and passion, he repaired radios in childhood, later he painted nude women in a bar and sees a bomb explosion at a test site is the only with the naked eye. I
  • This book can change your life!  

    Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman: Adventures of a Curious Character (Paperback)
    Do not let his Nobel Prize put you off, this guy's quite a character. We Should All be so brave as to follow our inner voice and: 1) try Things That are decidedly outside our area of ​​expertise 2) expose the illogic of the system That would attempt
  • A great book for students and professionals alike !!!  

    Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman: Adventures of a Curious Character (Paperback)
    Recently, during a course in Quantum Mechanics, my professor suggested reading this book and I Feel That My Life Has A new meaning now. Richard Feynman was a true genius and anyone remotely interested in the field or the man must read this book. Feyn
  • One of the most comical autobiographies ever  

    Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman: Adventures of a Curious Character (Paperback)
    This book is extraordinarily funny, and not in a subtle or literary way. Quite simply it will have you rolling on the floor as the Nobel Laureate tells of his stint playing the frigideira (a sort of inverted metal pot) in a Brazilian school of Samba,
  • Learn even more of Feynman - A Life with Integrity  

    Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman: Adventures of a Curious Character (Paperback)
    Feynman challenges the Challenger Commission Inquiry (pun intended) with in-your-face, simple demonstration of thermal expansion / contraction for the O-ring seals. Was not he the only one of this select group not kowtowing and susceptible to employm
  • In one word: Inspirational!  

    Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman: Adventures of a Curious Character (Paperback)
    I was flipping through TV channels one day, around 4 or 5 years ago, when i came upon a show with this guy playing bongo drums and singing about orange juice! Since I am a drummer, I was curious as to who the person was - he did not look at all like
  • A warped genius in full splendor  

    Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman: Adventures of a Curious Character (Paperback)
    Well, what can I say about this book? The truth is, it left me in search laughing fits I Looked Utterly and totally maniacal while reading it in public. Who would have thought did a brain did what he (mind you he was a Nobel prize winner who worked w