| Classic Feynman: All the Adventures of a Curious Character [With CD] Contributor(s): Feynman, Richard P. (Author), Leighton, Ralph (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0393061329 ISBN-13: 9780393061321 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $33.96 Product Type: Other Published: November 2005 Annotation: Richard Feynman (1918-1988) thrived on outrageous adventures. 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 Nobel Prize-winning physicist's own voice. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology - Science | Physics - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2005018928 |
| Physical Information: 1.43" H x 6.42" W x 9.5" (1.99 lbs) |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Leighton, Ralph: - Ralph Leighton lives in northern California.Feynman, Richard P.: - Richard P. Feynman (1918-1988) was a professor at Cornell University and CalTech and received the Nobel Prize for physics in 1965. In 1986 he served with distinction on the Rogers Commission investigating the space shuttle Challenger disaster. |