The Resource "Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman!" : adventures of a curious character, Richard P. Feynman as told to Ralph Leighton ; edited by Edward Hutchings
"Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman!" : adventures of a curious character, Richard P. Feynman as told to Ralph Leighton ; edited by Edward Hutchings
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- Summary
- Winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1965, Richard Feynman was one of the world's greatest theoretical physicists, but he was also a man who fell, often jumped, into adventure. An artist, safecracker, practical joker and storyteller, Feynman's life was a series of combustible combinations made possible by his unique mixture of high intelligence, unquenchable curiosity and eternal skepticism. Over a period of years, Feynman's conversations with his friend Ralph Leighton were first taped and then set down as they appear here, little changed from their spoken form, giving a wise, funny, passionate and totally honest self-portrait of one of the greatest men of our age
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 350 pages
- Note
- Includes index
- Contents
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- pt. I. From Far Rockaway to MIT. He fixes radios by thinking!
- String beans
- Who stole the door?
- Latin or Italian?
- Always trying to escape
- The chief research chemist of the Metaplast Corporation
- pt. II. The Princeton years. "Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman!"
- Meeeeeeeeeee!
- A map of the cat?
- Monster minds
- Mixing paints
- A different box of tools
- Mindreaders
- The amateur scientist
- pt. III. Feynman, the bomb, and the military. Fizzled fuses
- Testing bloodhounds
- Los Alamos from below
- Safecracker meets safecracker
- Uncle Sam doesn't need you!
- pt. IV. From Cornell to Caltech, with a touch of Brazil. The dignified professor
- Any questions?
- I want my dollar!
- You just ask them?
- Lucky numbers
- O Americano, outra vez!
- Man of a thousand tongues
- Certainly, Mr. Big!
- An offer you must refuse
- pt. V. The world of one physicist. Would you solve the Dirac equation?
- The 7 percent solution
- Thirteen times
- It sounds Greek to me!
- But is it art?
- Is electricity fire?
- Judging books by their covers
- Alfred Nobel's other mistake
- Bringing culture to the physicists
- Found out in Paris
- Altered states
- Cargo cult science
- Isbn
- 9780393355628
- Label
- "Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman!" : adventures of a curious character
- Title
- "Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman!"
- Title remainder
- adventures of a curious character
- Statement of responsibility
- Richard P. Feynman as told to Ralph Leighton ; edited by Edward Hutchings
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1965, Richard Feynman was one of the world's greatest theoretical physicists, but he was also a man who fell, often jumped, into adventure. An artist, safecracker, practical joker and storyteller, Feynman's life was a series of combustible combinations made possible by his unique mixture of high intelligence, unquenchable curiosity and eternal skepticism. Over a period of years, Feynman's conversations with his friend Ralph Leighton were first taped and then set down as they appear here, little changed from their spoken form, giving a wise, funny, passionate and totally honest self-portrait of one of the greatest men of our age
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1918-1988
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Feynman, Richard P.
- Dewey number
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- 530/.092/4
- B
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QC16.F49
- LC item number
- A37 1985
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Leighton, Ralph
- Hutchings, Edward
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Feynman, Richard P.
- Physicists
- Science
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- "Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman!" : adventures of a curious character, Richard P. Feynman as told to Ralph Leighton ; edited by Edward Hutchings
- Note
- Includes index
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- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- Contents
- pt. I. From Far Rockaway to MIT. He fixes radios by thinking! -- String beans -- Who stole the door? -- Latin or Italian? -- Always trying to escape -- The chief research chemist of the Metaplast Corporation -- pt. II. The Princeton years. "Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman!" -- Meeeeeeeeeee! -- A map of the cat? -- Monster minds -- Mixing paints -- A different box of tools -- Mindreaders -- The amateur scientist -- pt. III. Feynman, the bomb, and the military. Fizzled fuses -- Testing bloodhounds -- Los Alamos from below -- Safecracker meets safecracker -- Uncle Sam doesn't need you! -- pt. IV. From Cornell to Caltech, with a touch of Brazil. The dignified professor -- Any questions? -- I want my dollar! -- You just ask them? -- Lucky numbers -- O Americano, outra vez! -- Man of a thousand tongues -- Certainly, Mr. Big! -- An offer you must refuse -- pt. V. The world of one physicist. Would you solve the Dirac equation? -- The 7 percent solution -- Thirteen times -- It sounds Greek to me! -- But is it art? -- Is electricity fire? -- Judging books by their covers -- Alfred Nobel's other mistake -- Bringing culture to the physicists -- Found out in Paris -- Altered states -- Cargo cult science
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 350 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393355628
- Lccn
- 84014703 //r89
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- n
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)ocm10925248
- (Sirsi) o10925248
- (TMQ) o10925248
- Label
- "Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman!" : adventures of a curious character, Richard P. Feynman as told to Ralph Leighton ; edited by Edward Hutchings
- Note
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- pt. I. From Far Rockaway to MIT. He fixes radios by thinking! -- String beans -- Who stole the door? -- Latin or Italian? -- Always trying to escape -- The chief research chemist of the Metaplast Corporation -- pt. II. The Princeton years. "Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman!" -- Meeeeeeeeeee! -- A map of the cat? -- Monster minds -- Mixing paints -- A different box of tools -- Mindreaders -- The amateur scientist -- pt. III. Feynman, the bomb, and the military. Fizzled fuses -- Testing bloodhounds -- Los Alamos from below -- Safecracker meets safecracker -- Uncle Sam doesn't need you! -- pt. IV. From Cornell to Caltech, with a touch of Brazil. The dignified professor -- Any questions? -- I want my dollar! -- You just ask them? -- Lucky numbers -- O Americano, outra vez! -- Man of a thousand tongues -- Certainly, Mr. Big! -- An offer you must refuse -- pt. V. The world of one physicist. Would you solve the Dirac equation? -- The 7 percent solution -- Thirteen times -- It sounds Greek to me! -- But is it art? -- Is electricity fire? -- Judging books by their covers -- Alfred Nobel's other mistake -- Bringing culture to the physicists -- Found out in Paris -- Altered states -- Cargo cult science
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 350 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393355628
- Lccn
- 84014703 //r89
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)ocm10925248
- (Sirsi) o10925248
- (TMQ) o10925248
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