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

by Richard P Feynman and Ralph Leighton

Edward Hutchings (Editor)

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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.
  • ISBN10 0393019217
  • ISBN13 9780393019216
  • Publish Date 24 July 1985
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 14 April 1994
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint WW Norton & Co
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 352
  • Language English