"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman"
The biography of the physicist and Nobel prize winner Richard P. Feynman - a collection of short stories, chapters told to and written down by Ralph Leighton. Feynman tells of his childhood and youth and goes into his adult life, both personally and professionally.
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- For some reason I thought of the book
"What do you care what other people think?"
which should be read after
"Surely, You're Joking Mr Feynman"
Completely unrelated books about curiosity not people skills, but still lots of fun.
- Thank you so much! Even though I knew a bunch about the Connection Machine when I started making this, I learned so many new details doing the research for it.
"Surely you're Joking, Mr Feynman" was a great read.
- Feynam is my hero. I have Volumes I, II, and III of his red hardbound books. His biography, Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!, is one of my favorites.
- Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard Feynman
- I found “Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" - Autobiography about Richard Feynman very interesting
- Feynman did some mechanical artillery range computer design. Read "Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman". He has a few things to say about it.
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