Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article requires login. Aug 24, 2017 this is the wrapup video for the third month of the book club. Praise for surely youre joking mr feynman there are two types of genius. Feynman boasts a rare combination of superlative intellect, fascinating perspective on life, relatively good social skills, and a great sense of humor. Adventures of a curious character adventures of a curious character by richard p. Only an infinitesimal part of the general population could understand his mathematical physics, but his outgoing and sunny personality, his gift for exposition. The outrageous exploits of one of this centurys greatest scientific minds and a legendary american original.
This is the wrapup video for the third month of the book club. A portrait of the winner of the nobel prize for physics in 1965, we see the wisdom, humour and curiosity of richard feynman through a series of conversations with his friend ralph leighton. It leaves out much of the structure and framework of an autobiography and skims over what a conventional biography would treat as the meat of feynmans career much of the physics, much of his personal life, almost the entirety of his teaching career. I first came to know about this book when i was in high school and on the suggested readings section many interesting books were listed, such as mr. Feynman boasts a rare combination of superlative intellect, fascinating perspective on life, relatively good. The first edition of the novel was published in december 17th 1984, and was written by richard feynman. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read surely youre joking, mr. After i had written the theme i continued to be curious, and i kept practicing this watching myself as i went to sleep. A series of anecdotes, such as are included in surely youre joking, mr feynman, shouldnt by rights add up to an autobiography, but thats just one of the many pieces of received wisdom that nobel prizewinning physicist richard feynman 191888 cheerfully ignores in this engagingly eccentric book.
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