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 originalincluding 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.
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