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Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!
- Narrated by: Raymond Todd
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
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Publisher's Summary
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.
Critic 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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- 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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- Anonymous User
- 09-07-2023
Such an interesting character!
I had heard of Feynman here and there, but honestly knew pretty much squat diddly about him other than he was a physicist. I however only just got through highschool maths, So when I found and started this book I was not expecting to understand it or be able to follow it well enough to finish it, but he is so hilarious, so logical and yet so outside the box, that it was impossible not to follow him / it through. Turns out this was not a hard listen and a thoroughly enjoyable book, I’m so glad I listened!
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- jonathan
- 30-09-2023
I enjoyed this alot
Im a sucker for how epic people lived their lives and the way they thought and conducted themselves.. well worth a read to find new and interesting ways of seeing things.
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