Richard P. Feynman

Classic Feynman

All the Adventures of a Curious Character

Edited by Ralph Leighton with an introduction by Freeman Dyson and an afterword by Alan Alda

An omnibus edition celebrating a great scientific mind and a legendary American original—including a live recording.


RICHARD FEYNMAN (1918?1988) thrived on outrageous adventures. In the phenomenal national bestsellers "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" and "What Do You Care What Other People Think?" the Nobel Prize? winning physicist recounted in an inimitable voice his adventures 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, solving the mystery of the Challenger disaster, and much else of an eyebrow-raising, hugely entertaining, and astounding nature. One of the most influential and creative minds of recent history, Feynman also possessed an unparalleled ability as a storyteller, a delightful coincidence celebrated in this special omnibus edition of his classic stories. Now packaged with an hour-long audio CD of the 1978 "Los Alamos from Below" lecture, Classic Feynman offers readers a chance to finally hear a great tale in the orator's own voice.


RALPH LEIGHTON, Richard Feynman's great friend and collaborator, lives in Tiburon, California.
Classic Feynman


October 2005 / hardcover / ISBN 0-393-06132-9 / 608 pages / SCIENCE/PHYSICS
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