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More copies of this ISBNThis title in other editionseBook editionsSurely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman: Adventures of a Curious Characterby Richard Phillips Feynman
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments: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. Review:"Anyone who can read it without laughing out loud is crazy." Los Angeles Times Book Review Review:"Raymond Todd gives an extraordinary performance bringing to evanescent life the amusing adventures of this Nobel prize-winning physicist....Refreshingly honest, iconoclastic, thought-provoking, this one-of-a-kind classic is a must for every collection." Peter Josyph, Library Journal Review:"Proves once again that it is possible to laugh out loud and scratch your head at the same time." New York Times Book Review Review:"Quintessential Feynman — funny, brilliant, bawdy...enormously entertaining." The New Yorker Review:"Buzzing with energy, anecdote and life. It almost makes you want to become a physicist." Science Digest Review:"A storyteller in the tradition of Mark Twain. He proves once again that it is possible to laugh out loud and scratch your head at the same time." New York Times Book Review Synopsis:Richard Feynman was a great scientist, a winner of the Nobel Prize, remembered equally for his laboratory work on liquid helium and his wonderful, unquenchable vitality and sense of humor. His lighthearted approach to life made his lectures a delight and his scientific accomplishments all the more intriguing. Feynman was interested in everything. He painted, traded ideas with Einstein and Bohr, calculated odds with Nick the Greek, accompanied ballet on the bongos. Here is Feynman's astonishing life story — a combustible mixture of high intelligence, unlimited curiosity, eternal skepticism, and raging chutzpah. Synopsis:A New York Times bestseller—the outrageous exploits of one of this century's greatest scientific minds and a legendary American original. About the AuthorRichard P. Feynman was born in 1918 and grew up in Far Rockaway, New York. At the age of seventeen he entered MIT and in 1939 went to Princeton, then to Los Alamos, where he joined in the effort to build the atomic bomb. Following World War II he joined the physics faculty at Cornell, then went on to Caltech in 1951, where he taught until his death in 1988. He shared the Nobel Prize for physics in 1965, and served with distinction on the Shuttle Commission in 1986. A commemorative stamp in his name was issued by the U.S. Postal Service in 2005. Ralph Leighton, Richard Feynman's great friend and collaborator, now lives in northern California. What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!Average customer rating based on 3 comments:
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