The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman
The Pleasure of Finding Things Out is a magnificent treasury of the best short works of Richard P. Feynman—from interviews and speeches to lectures and printed articles. A sweeping, wide-ranging collection, it presents an intimate and fascinating view of a life in science-a life like no other....
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The Pleasure of Finding Things Out is a magnificent treasury of the best short works of Richard P. Feynman—from interviews and speeches to lectures and printed articles. A sweeping, wide-ranging collection, it presents an intimate and fascinating view of a life in science-a life like no other. From his ruminations on science in our culture to his Nobel Prize acceptance speech, this book will fascinate anyone interested in the world of ideas.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780465023950 (0465023959)
ASIN: 465023959
Publish date: April 6th 2005
Publisher: Basic Books
Pages no: 270
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Humor,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Writing,
Essays,
History,
Science,
Popular Science,
Physics,
Philosophy
A pretty good collection of interviews and transcripts. If you haven't read anything by this esteemed scientist, this is not a bad place to start.
Not quite as much fun as Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! Adventures of a Curious Character, but still a good glimpse into Feynman's thinking and antics.
For those who might not know, Richard Feynman was a Noble Prize winning theoretical physicist, canny self-promoter and renowned teacher who worked on the Manhatten Project before he had even finished his Doctoral Thesis. Many books by and about him have been published and he has become a kind of mi...
For those who might not know, Richard Feynman was a Nobel Prize winning theoretical physicist, canny self-promoter and renowned teacher who worked on the Manhatten Project before he had even finished his Doctoral Thesis. Many books by and about him have been published and he has become a kind of mi...
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