An unparalleled collection of the timeless writings of one of sciences most beloved and original thinkers.. The Pleasure of Finding Things Out is a magnificent treasury of the best short works of Richard Feynmanfrom interviews and speeches to lectures and printed articles. A sweeping, wide-ranging collection, it presents an intimate and fascinating view of a life in sciencea life like no other.From his ruminations on science in our culture and descriptions of the fantastic properties of quantum physics to his report on ...
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An unparalleled collection of the timeless writings of one of sciences most beloved and original thinkers.. The Pleasure of Finding Things Out is a magnificent treasury of the best short works of Richard Feynmanfrom interviews and speeches to lectures and printed articles. A sweeping, wide-ranging collection, it presents an intimate and fascinating view of a life in sciencea life like no other.From his ruminations on science in our culture and descriptions of the fantastic properties of quantum physics to his report on the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster and his Nobel Prize acceptance speech, this book will fascinate anyone interested in Feynman and anyone interested in the world of ideas. Newcomers to Feynman will be moved by his wit and deep understanding of the natural world, and of the human experience.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. Book like new. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 270 p. Contains: Illustrations. Helix Books. Audience: General/trade.
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0738201081. This book is in very good condition; no remainder marks. Dustjacket does have some shelfwear. Inside pages are clean.; Helix Books; 270 pages.
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New. Size: 88x16x136; Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Richard Feynman was an American theoretical physicist who was widely regarded as the most brilliant, influential, and iconoclastic figure in his field in the post-World War II era. Feynman remade quantum electrodynamics, the theory of the interaction between light and matter, and thus altered the way science understands the nature of waves and particles. He was co-awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1965 for this work, which tied together in an experimentally perfect package all the varied phenomena at work in light, radio, electricity, and magnetism.
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Used; Very Good. Used; Very Good. Perseus Publishing Company 1999 Hardcover. Pages are clean and unmarked. Jacket has light wear. Book Condition; Very Good Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1999. HARDCOVER.
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Very good, very good. 270, illus., index. Introduction by Jeffrey Robbins. Foreword by Freeman Dyson. The late Richard P. Feynman won the 1965 Nobel Prize in physics for his work on quantum electrodynamics. This collection of talks, interviews, and essays offers a memorable sample of the wit, brilliance, and irreverence of the most celebrated physicist of our time. Movingly eloquent, the piecesrange from computers to the role of science in society. This collection of Feynman's best short works includes uproarious tales of Feynman's student experiments, his famous report on the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, his experiences on the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos during World War II, and stories of the physicist as a child.
The book gives you a glimpse into a world which ought to be yours and mine as well, if not quite up front, then at least from as close as possible. Its a world of continuing and satifying curiosity, and where it may lead. It is also a rare book, because many of those so gifted are more and more isolated, or less able to tell their story so well.
The gap which opens up this way diminishes the sense of life of many and may even lead to distrust and hate.
Feynman bridges this gap in a magnificent style, ease and pleasure in being alive.
