The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman

Richard Phillips Feynman

Helix Books, Perseus Books, 1999 - Science - 270 pages

"The Pleasure of Finding Things Out"is a magnificent treasury of the best short works of Richard Feynman--from interviews and speeches to lectures and printed articles. A sweeping, wide-ranging collection, it presents an intimate and fascinating view of a life in science-a life like no other. From his ruminations on science in our culture to his Nobel Prize acceptance speech, this book will fascinate anyone interested in the world of ideas.

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Review: The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman

User Review  - Gaston Rommens - Goodreads

Great book on the work of one of the greatest minds of the previous century.

Review: The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman

User Review  - Susan - Goodreads

Sure wish I had him as a physics professor. His enthusiasm is contagious. He explains his train of thought to obvious conclusions. I listened to this audio book, and could have listened again and again.

About the author

Richard Feynman, an American theoretical physicist, received his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1942 and worked at Los Alamos, New Mexico, on the atomic bomb during World War II. From 1945 to 1950, he taught at Cornell University and became professor of theoretical physics at the California Institute of Technology in 1950. Feynman made important contributions to quantum electrodynamics (QED) and electromagnetic interactions, such as interactions among electrons. In Feynman's approach, interactions are considered exchanges of virtual particles. For example, Feynman explained the interaction of two electrons as an exchange of virtual photons. Feynman's theory has proved to be accurate in its predictions. In 1965 the Nobel Prize for physics was awarded to three pioneers in quantum electrodynamics: Feynman, Julian Schwinger, and Sin-Itiro Tomonaga. Feynman was an outspoken critic of NASA for its failure to notice flaws in the design of the Challenger space shuttle, which resulted in its tragic explosion.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman; Art of Mentoring Series; Helix Books
• Author: Richard Phillips Feynman
• Editor: Jeffrey Robbins
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Helix Books, Perseus Books, 1999
• ISBN: 0738203491, 9780738203492
• Length: 270 pages
• Subjects: Science / Physics / General