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− | '''''Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character''''' is a collection | + | '''''Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character''''' is a collection [[Richard Feynman]]'s memoirs edited by [[Ralph Leighton]]. It was published in 1985 and was so successful, there was a sequel released called [[What Do You Care What Other People Think?]] |
==Status== | ==Status== | ||
I don't own this book, but have read it and listened to an audio book recording. | I don't own this book, but have read it and listened to an audio book recording. | ||
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+ | ==Review== | ||
+ | ===Good=== | ||
+ | * Feynman tells interesting stories and Leighton has a very comfortable writing style. | ||
+ | * Feynman's fearlessness with his desire to always try new things and work at them until he becomes good is really admirable. | ||
+ | * A lot of the topics are fascinating like the development of the nuclear bomb. | ||
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+ | ===Bad=== | ||
+ | * Feynman, by his own accounts, is callous toward women. I understand this is a product of being a man in the 1940s, but that's not an excuse. | ||
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+ | ===Ugly=== | ||
+ | * Nothing. | ||
==Links== | ==Links== |
Revision as of 15:00, 27 October 2017
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character is a collection Richard Feynman's memoirs edited by Ralph Leighton. It was published in 1985 and was so successful, there was a sequel released called What Do You Care What Other People Think?
Status
I don't own this book, but have read it and listened to an audio book recording.
Review
Good
- Feynman tells interesting stories and Leighton has a very comfortable writing style.
- Feynman's fearlessness with his desire to always try new things and work at them until he becomes good is really admirable.
- A lot of the topics are fascinating like the development of the nuclear bomb.
Bad
- Feynman, by his own accounts, is callous toward women. I understand this is a product of being a man in the 1940s, but that's not an excuse.
Ugly
- Nothing.