A portrait of the Winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1965, we see the wisdom, humour and curiosity of Richard Feynman through a series of conversations with his friend Ralph Leighton.
Richard Feynman was, until his death in 1988, the most famous
physicist in the world. Only an infinitesimal part of the general
population could understand his mathematical physics, but his
outgoing and sunny personality, his gift for exposition, his habit
of playing the bongo drums, and his testimony to the Presidential
Commission on the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster turned him into
a celebrity.
Richard Feynman died in 1988 after a long illness. Freeman Dyson,
of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey,
called him 'the most original mind of his generation', while in its
obituary The New York Times described him as 'arguably the most
brilliant, iconoclastic and influential of the postwar generation
of theoretical physicists'.
There are two types of genius. Ordinary geniuses do great things,
but they leave you room to believe that you could do the same if
only you worked hard enough. Then there are magicians, and you can
have no idea how they do it. Feynman was a magician
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*
Quintessential Feynman - funny, brilliant, bawdy...enormously
entertaining
*New Yorker*
Buzzes with energy, anecdote and life. It almost makes you want to
become a physicist
*Science Digest*
Raymond Todd gives an extraordinary performance bringing to evanescent life the amusing adventures of this Nobel prize-winning physicist. Feynman was the quintessential inquirer whose investigations led him, at times, to sophisticated equations, at other times to a kind of social mischief that is delightful in its purity and inspiring in its intellectual courage. Based upon an impromptu talk during drum-playing sessions with his friend Ralph Leighton, this surprise best seller is packed with unforgettable anecdotes. Working at Los Alamos, Feynman cracked safes containing the secrets of the bomb. He challenged an abacus salesman to an arithmetical duel. He trained himself to sniff like a bloodhound. He played frigideira in a Brazilian samba band. In Las Vegas, he learned the ways of gamblers and show girls. He gave his first physics lecture in front of Einstein. Refreshingly honest, iconoclastic, thought-provoking, this one-of-a-kind classic is a must for every collection.‘Peter Josyph, New York
There are two types of genius. Ordinary geniuses do great things,
but they leave you room to believe that you could do the same if
only you worked hard enough. Then there are magicians, and you can
have no idea how they do it. Feynman was a magician
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 *
Quintessential Feynman - funny, brilliant, bawdy...enormously
entertaining * New Yorker *
Buzzes with energy, anecdote and life. It almost makes you want to
become a physicist * Science Digest *
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