Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!
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Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!
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Raymond Todd
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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 Feynman, one of the world’s greatest theoretical physicists, thrived on adventure. His outrageous exploits once shocked a Princeton dean’s wife to exclaim: “Surely you’re joking, Mr. Feynman!”
In this phenomenal national bestseller, the Nobel Prize–winning physicist recounts in his inimitable voice his experiences 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. Woven together with his views on science, Feynman’s life story is a combustible mixture of high intelligence, unlimited curiosity, eternal skepticism, and raging chutzpah.
©1985 by Richard P. Feynman (P)1997 by Blackstone AudiobooksCritic Reviews
"A chain reaction is not a bad analogy for Feynman's life. From a critical mass of gray matter it goes off in all directions, producing both heat and light." (Time)
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- Amazon customer
- 11-01-2018
Highly recommend!
A very enjoyable listen, clear audio. Great telling of a truely fascinating character Mr Feynman.
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- Attie v.
- 17-06-2022
Brilliantly read story of a brilliant man.
Most striking is how Richard Feynman followed his curiosity down so many varied paths and managed to find joy and fulfillment in so many places. To me, that is the lesson here.
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- Bheema
- 15-09-2020
Awesome! Most delightful!
What a delightful read! Beautifully narrated, but the amusing, enlightening, and worthy content is what makes this book so special.
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- Kaleb Peters
- 17-01-2021
What A Life!
Loved it, top to bottom.
So many interesting stories. A remarkable man Richard Feynman was.
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- rhys
- 29-02-2016
Facinating human
Very nice read. A facinating listen a truely interesting, eccentric genius. It really gives an insight into how someone who contributed do much yo science i ad so unknown. He also has a wonderful sence of humor
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- Amazon Customer
- 14-01-2020
Must read
A must read. Amazing book. So captivating I wish it had even more content. Would recommend to anybody who loves science
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- Amazon Customer
- 01-01-2025
Interesting, but not what I expected
Expected it more to be like a biography, not a collection of stories that happened to Feynman. Interesting nevertheless.
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- Benjimite
- 24-11-2022
Brilliant!
Knew next to nothing about Feynman but feel enlightened to have heard his adventures. What a full and examine life he led
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- Tony
- 08-12-2018
Great insight into the life & mind of a great man
He had some of the same insecurities that I've had over the years and they were usually found to be unwarranted. I can relate to this man whom achieved many great things, and subsequently this book has boosted my confidence and ambition
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- CJ
- 13-02-2024
A really interesting listen about a man and his passion for learning
The story was written (and therefore read) in the first person which really draws you into the story. Richard P. Feynman loved learning and that really came through. His little anecdotes along the way were also amusing.
The narrator was excellent which made the book even better.
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