'What Do You Care What Other People Think?': Further Adventures of a Curious Character
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What Do You Care What Other People Think? Further Adventures of a Curious Character is a captivating collection of reminiscences from freewheeling scientific genius Richard P. Feynman. Richard Feynman - Nobel Laureate, teacher and iconic intellect - possessed an unquenchable thirst for an adventure and an unparalleled gift for telling the extraordinary stories of his life. In this collection of short pieces Feynman describes everything from his love of beauty to college pranks to how his father taught him to think. He takes us behind the scenes of the space shuttle Challenger investigation, where he dramatically revealed the cause of the disaster with a simple experiment. And he tells us of how he met his beloved first wife Arlene, and their brief time together before her death. Sometimes intensely moving, sometimes funny, these writings are infused with Feynman's curiosity and passion for life. 'Feynman's voice echoes raw and direct through these pages' The New York Times 'Outrageously gifted, iconoclastic, irrepressible ... Richard Feynman still has the capacity to suprise' Observer 'One of the greatest minds of the twentieth century ... he was also stubborn, irreverent, playful, intensely curious and highly original in practically everything he did' New York Review of Books 'If more scientists were like Feynman, the world really would be a better, and better understood, place' Independent on Sunday Richard P. Feynman (1918-1988) was one of this century's most brilliant theoretical physicists and original thinkers. Feynman's other books, also available in Penguin, include QED , Six Easy Pieces , Six Not-so-Easy Pieces, Don't You Have Time to Think , The Pleasure of Finding Things Out , What Do You Care What Other People Think? and The Meaning of it All .
| Book 2 Of 2 | Feynman Series |
| Dimensions | 12.8 x 1.8 x 19.7 cm |
| Generic Name | BOOK |
| Importer | Penguin Random House India Pvt Ltd |
| Isbn 10 | 0141030887 |
| Isbn 13 | 978-0141030883 |
| Item Weight | 194 g |
| Language | English |
| Net Quantity | 1.0 Count |
| Packer | Penguin Random House India Pvt Ltd |
| Print Length | 256 pages |
| Publication Date | 6 September 2007 |
| Publisher | Penguin |
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Good book
Good book
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Book is awesome (&flawless) but quality is very poor.
Even though the quality of the book is very very poor and cheap, i just can't bring myself to rate this book any less than 5 stars. I don't think any other seller would sell any different. I hope i find a good quality of this in a offline bookstore. The book is really awesome. It's not exactly like the 1st part: SYJMF , but great in it's own way. Feynman is my biggest inspiration.
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Feynman's view on Science
The book gives good look at the Feynman's life. Book details out one issue which he was investigating and provides his report which will help any reader to see how a problem can be best approached for resolution. Preface which is at the end of the book is worth a read where Feynman explains the impo6of science. Overall a good book to read for Feynman's fans.
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Loved every bit of the words <3 What a curious ...
Loved every bit of the words <3What a curious character he was. It was total fun learning from his delightful, hilarious, flamboyant experiences. However the epilogue touched my mind very profoundly regarding hia contemplations on the value of Science! It was an unfathomable feeling occupied with his ideas."We are at the very beginning of time for the human race. It is not unreasonable that we grapple with problems. But there are tens of thousands of years in the future. Our responsibility is to do what we can, learn what we can, improve the solutions, and pass them on."
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Good book, terrible print (Penguin publishers)
Beware of the Penguin print. The paper is an unpleasant gray and the font looks smudged.As for the book, I enjoyed it. This book goes in depth on some aspects touched in "Surely you're joking" book; it's not fair to compare them both. If you dig Feynman, there's a good chance you'll like this one.
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Not a sequel to surely your joking Mr Feynman.
This book is more like the book for the love of physics by Walter lewin . Unlike the previous book it is full of technical details regarding the challenger shuttle NASA .so only by this book if you are interested in the technical details and stuff .
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A must read for logical minds.
What can I say! Brutally honest and beautifully logical, this book is a joy to read and an asset to have. The print quality though left lot to be desired. The print appeared like a bit blotchy and paper quality is also so-so. Binding is good.Warning- It's not an autobiography and the second part regarding Challenger shuttle is bit technical. It is also not a sequel of SYJ Mr. Feynman
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Good reading
Good book, but details about review of space mission is rather boring
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Personnalité intéressante et amusante
Un bon livre pour mieux comprendre l'auteur et sa vision du monde moderne.
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Leer sobre la vida de un gran físico teórico del siglo XX
El libro es una de especie de reseña de varios acontecimientos en la vida diaria académica y personal de uno de los grandes científicos americanos del siglo XX (ganó el premio nobel física) el Prof. Dr. Richard Feynman (estudió su licenciatura en física en MIT y su doctorado en la U de Princeton). Su carrera profesional académica la realizó trabajando en el Instituto Tecnológico de California (conocido por sus siglas en inglés como Caltech).
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Incrível
Histórias fantásticas do Feynman
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recensione libro
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A genius in physics with a great sense of humor.
It seems that you hear Feynman's name here and there all the time although the man has been dead now for awhile. Since my focus in life wasn't physics, I missed out on knowing anything about this brilliant man until I finally decided to read his books and find out for myself who he was and what he discovered. I didn't expect such a humorous guy to pop out of the pages of this book, but he did pop out and not only presented himself to me, but entertained me with his tales enough that I started to feel like I really missed out when I avoided learning physics. Just reading his narrative made me want to know more and as Feynman said you are never finished with learning things. While I suspect Quantum Mechanics is beyond my capabilities, this book gave me a great appreciation for the field and the man. If you read this book, you'll discover a fine sense of humor that existed along with brilliant insights into the universe in this one man. I recommend it.
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