"So you think you know every country in the world", world-renowned physicist and prankster Richard Feynman said to his sidekick, geography enthusiast Ralph Leighton. "Okay . . . what ever happened to Tanna Tuva?" And so began their decade-long quest to reach the mysterious country, struggling with the NASA bureaucracy and bouts of cancer in an entertaining saga of two zany strategists. Photographs.
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"So you think you know every country in the world", world-renowned physicist and prankster Richard Feynman said to his sidekick, geography enthusiast Ralph Leighton. "Okay . . . what ever happened to Tanna Tuva?" And so began their decade-long quest to reach the mysterious country, struggling with the NASA bureaucracy and bouts of cancer in an entertaining saga of two zany strategists. Photographs.
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Seller's Description:
Very Good in Unclipped with minimal wear jacket. 254 p., clean and unmarked; insert newspaper clipping; binding firm; white boards with bright gilt lettering on red spine have minimal wear. Attached to front end page is 5" red flexi-disc sound sheet, probably 33 RPM, featuring Balkan songs: "Reka Alash" sung by Oorzhak Khunashtaar-Ool in the "sigit" or "whistling" style and "Artyy Saiyr" sung by D. Damba Darzha in the "kargyra" or "wheezing" style.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. W. W. Norton & Company, 1991. 1st printing. Tight and unmarked showing light reader's use and handling, VG/VG. Quarter red cloth binding. Red phono disc of Tuvan throat singing still attached. 254pp. In a very nice unclipped jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo-8"-9" Tall.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. W. W. Norton & Company, 1991. 1st printing. Crisp and unmarked, NF/NF. Quarter red cloth binding. Red phono disc of Tuvan throat singing still attached. 254pp. In a very nice unclipped jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo-8"-9" Tall.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. (physicists, travel, Russia, Tuva, biography) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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Good. First edition copy. Collectible-Good. Very Good dust jacket. Throat singing flexi disk not included. Foxing on page edges. Shelf cocked. Shelf worn. Some buckling on top and bottom of spine. (biography, american, physicists, travel)
