What Do You Care What Other People Think – Further Adventures of a Curious Character - Hardcover

Feynman, Rp

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393026590 ISBN 13: 9780393026597

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 1988

Synopsis

Only once in a great while does a scientist/adventurer like Richard Feynman pass by; even rarer is there a record in his own words, such as the record Feynman leaves here, of the wonders that abounded his life.

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Review:

Feynman s voice echoes raw and direct through these pages.--James Gleick"

Feynman's voice echoes raw and direct through these pages.--James Gleick

From the Back Cover:

'There were, it was said, only two ways of solving difficult problems in physics. One was to use mathematics; the other was to ask Feynman'
JOHN NAUGHTON, 'Observer'

Richard P. Feynman, who died in 1988, was indeed a curious character – irreverently funny, sometimes humble, sometimes shamelessly immodest, often profound, but always brilliantly and brimming with an infectios enthusiasm for finding things out.

'What Do You care What Other People Think'
is an engaging collection of stories, memories and letters from the Nobel Prize-winning physicist, accomplished bongo-player and artist, and includes 'Mr Feynman goes to Washington', an account of the vital role he played in the investigation into the 1986 Challenger Space Shuttle disaster.

'For Feynman, life in general and physics in particular were a hugely exciting game, played with boundless energy and panache'
PAUL DAVIES, 'Guardian'

'There were, it was said, only two ways of solving difficult problems in physics. One was to use mathematics; the other was to ask Feynman'
JOHN NAUGHTON, 'Observer'

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0393026590
• ISBN 13: 9780393026597
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 258