Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character)

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character) | Richard P. Feynman, Ralph Leighton | Breezy and informative read for any scientist!

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	Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character) Richard P. Feynman, Ralph Leighton W. W. Norton & Company, 1997 - 350 pages average customer review:based on 233 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

The outrageous exploits of one of this century's greatest scientific minds and a legendary American original. In this phenomenal national bestseller, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard P. Feynman recounts in his 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 and much else of an eyebrow-raising and hilarious nature. A New York Times bestseller; more than 500,000 copies sold.

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Breezy and informative read for any scientist!

The reviews here claim that Feynman was an egotist and it stained the reading of this book. However, I disagree completely. Feynman never claims to be self-deprecating or modest. In fact, I appreciate his candidness!

I was afraid to read this book because it was recommended to me by a Physics graduate student, and because I am not one to enjoy nonfictions. However, this book reads like a novel. Each chapter is another story or era of Feynman's life. It's like an excited little kid talking to you-- no complex sentences or incomprehensible jargon. I finished it in just a few days, and I was left wanting more! I am not a physicist at all, and Feynman only briefly mentions certain Physics concepts to describe what he was doing with them, usually finishing them off with a "yadda yadda yadda" or the like. You don't have to be a Physicist or a genius to enjoy this book. It's breezy and short, and you can read it in pieces. It will make you smile, and if you happen to also be a scientist, it will make you think (but not too hard). I recommend it to all of my friends!

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Feynman never got out of his box, because he never had one!

Part physicist, part prankster, part musician, part teacher, part genius, part story teller, part little boy and all human being, this is the true story of Richard Feynman. He was a man with an insatiable curiosity, and had a zest to explore the world of physics, human nature and himself.

The stories in the book are funny, entertaining and enlightening. Feynman never got out of his box, because he never had one. From the gifted young boy who fixed radios by thinking to the top notch physicist who could explain concepts to laymen like no one else, Feynman was one of a kind.

Well worth the read!

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