"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character

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  • Author: Richard P. Feynman
  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
  • ISBN: 0393355683
  • Category : Biography & Autobiography
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 429

One of the most famous science books of our time, the phenomenal national bestseller that "buzzes with energy, anecdote and life. It almost makes you want to become a physicist" (Science Digest). Richard P. Feynman, winner of the Nobel Prize in physics, thrived on outrageous adventures. In this lively work that “can shatter the stereotype of the stuffy scientist” (Detroit Free Press), Feynman recounts his experiences trading ideas on atomic physics with Einstein and cracking the uncrackable safes guarding the most deeply held nuclear secrets—and much more of an eyebrow-raising nature. In his stories, Feynman’s life shines through in all its eccentric glory—a combustible mixture of high intelligence, unlimited curiosity, and raging chutzpah. Included for this edition is a new introduction by Bill Gates.


Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman!

Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman!

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  • Author: Richard P. Feynman
  • Publisher: Penguin Group
  • ISBN: 9780606412728
  • Category : Biography & Autobiography
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 397

For use in schools and libraries only. The Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist talks about his adventure-filled life in a series of transcribed taped discussions.


Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman

Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman

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  • Author: Richard P Feynman
  • Publisher: Random House
  • ISBN: 144818147X
  • Category : Biography & Autobiography
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 372

WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY BILL GATES In this warm, insightful portrait of the Winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1965, we see the wisdom, humour and curiosity of Richard Feynman through a series of conversations with his friend Ralph Leighton. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1965, Richard Feynman was one of the world's greatest theoretical physicists, but he was also a man who fell, often jumped, into adventure. An artist, safecracker, practical joker and storyteller, Feynman's life was a series of combustible combinations made possible by his unique mixture of high intelligence, unquenchable curiosity and eternal scepticism. Over a period of years, Feynman's conversations with his friend Ralph Leighton were first taped and then set down as they appear here, little changed from their spoken form, giving a wise, funny, passionate and totally honest self-portrait of one of the greatest men of our age.


What Do You Care What Other People Think: Further Adventures of a Curious Character

What Do You Care What Other People Think: Further Adventures of a Curious Character

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  • Author: Richard P. Feynman
  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
  • ISBN: 0393079813
  • Category : Biography & Autobiography
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 333

The New York Times best-selling sequel to "Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!" One of the greatest physicists of the twentieth century, Richard Feynman possessed an unquenchable thirst for adventure and an unparalleled ability to tell the stories of his life. "What Do You Care What Other People Think?" is Feynman’s last literary legacy, prepared with his friend and fellow drummer, Ralph Leighton. Among its many tales—some funny, others intensely moving—we meet Feynman’s first wife, Arlene, who taught him of love’s irreducible mystery as she lay dying in a hospital bed while he worked nearby on the atomic bomb at Los Alamos. We are also given a fascinating narrative of the investigation of the space shuttle Challenger’s explosion in 1986, and we relive the moment when Feynman revealed the disaster’s cause by an elegant experiment: dropping a ring of rubber into a glass of cold water and pulling it out, misshapen.


Classic Feynman

Classic Feynman

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  • Author: Richard Phillips Feynman
  • Publisher: W. W. Norton
  • ISBN: 9780393061321
  • Category : Biography & Autobiography
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 511

An omnibus edition of classic adventure tales by the Nobel Prize-winning physicist includes his exchanges with Einstein and Bohr, ideas about gambling with Nick the Greek, and solution to the Challenger disaster, in a volume complemented by an hour-long audio CD of his 1978 "Los Alamos from Below" lecture. 30,000 first printing.


QED

QED

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  • Author: Peter Parnell
  • Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
  • ISBN: 9780822219248
  • Category : Drama
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 52

THE STORY: Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman holds forth with captivating wit and wisdom in this fascinating play that originally starred Alan Alda. One of the twentieth century's great physicists, Feynman was also one of its great ecce


Quantum Man: Richard Feynman's Life in Science (Great Discoveries)

Quantum Man: Richard Feynman's Life in Science (Great Discoveries)

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  • Author: Lawrence M. Krauss
  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
  • ISBN: 0393080544
  • Category : Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 369

"A worthy addition to the Feynman shelf and a welcome follow-up to the standard-bearer, James Gleick's Genius." —Kirkus Reviews Perhaps the greatest physicist of the second half of the twentieth century, Richard Feynman changed the way we think about quantum mechanics, the most perplexing of all physical theories. Here Lawrence M. Krauss, himself a theoretical physicist and a best-selling author, offers a unique scientific biography: a rollicking narrative coupled with clear and novel expositions of science at the limits. From the death of Feynman’s childhood sweetheart during the Manhattan Project to his reluctant rise as a scientific icon, we see Feynman’s life through his science, providing a new understanding of the legacy of a man who has fascinated millions.


QED

QED

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  • Author: Richard P. Feynman
  • Publisher: Princeton University Press
  • ISBN: 140084746X
  • Category : Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 193

Feynman’s bestselling introduction to the mind-blowing physics of QED—presented with humor, not mathematics Celebrated for his brilliantly quirky insights into the physical world, Nobel laureate Richard Feynman also possessed an extraordinary talent for explaining difficult concepts to the public. In this extraordinary book, Feynman provides a lively and accessible introduction to QED, or quantum electrodynamics, an area of quantum field theory that describes the interactions of light with charged particles. Using everyday language, spatial concepts, visualizations, and his renowned Feynman diagrams instead of advanced mathematics, Feynman clearly and humorously communicates the substance and spirit of QED to the nonscientist. With an incisive introduction by A. Zee that places Feynman’s contribution to QED in historical context and highlights Feynman’s uniquely appealing and illuminating style, this Princeton Science Library edition of QED makes Feynman’s legendary talks on quantum electrodynamics available to a new generation of readers.


The Pleasure of Finding Things Out

The Pleasure of Finding Things Out

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  • Author: Richard P. Feynman
  • Publisher: Basic Books
  • ISBN: 0465013120
  • Category : Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 188

This collection from scientist and Nobel Peace Prize winner highlights the achievements of a man whose career reshaped the world's understanding of quantum electrodynamics. 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.


No Ordinary Genius

No Ordinary Genius

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  • Author: Richard Phillips Feynman
  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
  • ISBN: 9780393313932
  • Category : Biography & Autobiography
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 276

A portrait of the late Nobel Prize-winning physicist recounts his early enthusiasm for science, work on the atom bomb, and inquiry into the Challenger explosion.