Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character

Name: Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character
Rating: 4.3217131474103585 (502 reviews)
Author: Richard P. Feynman
ISBN: 9780393355628

by Richard P. Feynman, Микола Климчук

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Feynman #1352 pages6 editions2018National Geographic BooksISBN 9780393355628

Biography & AutobiographyScience & TechnologySciencePhysics

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About this book

Richard Feynman, winner of the Nobel Prize in physics, thrived on outrageous adventures. Here he recounts in his inimitable voice his experience trading ideas on atomic physics with Einstein and Bohr and ideas on gambling with Nick the Greek; cracking the uncrackable safes guarding the most deeply held nuclear secrets; accompanying a ballet on his bongo drums; painting a naked female toreador. In short, here is Feynman's life in all its eccentric—a combustible mixture of high intelligence, unlimited curiosity, and raging chutzpah.

Publication Details

Publisher: National Geographic Books
Published: 2018
Pages: 352
ISBN: 9780393355628
Language: en
Editions: 6

About Richard P. Feynman

Richard Phillips Feynman was an American theoretical physicist known for his work in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodynamics, and the physics of the superfluidity of supercooled liquid helium, as well as in particle physics for which he proposed the parton model. For his contributions to the development of quantum electrodynamics, Feynman, jointly with Julian Schwinger and Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965. - Wikipedia