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"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character is an edited collection of reminiscences by the Nobel Prize –winning physicist Richard Feynman . The book, published in 1985, covers a variety of instances in Feynman's life.
Feynman's comments on the reliability of the shuttle, published as an appendix to the Rogers Commission's final report, are included. The second section of the book was dramatized in a television movie by BBC/Science Channel titled The Challenger Disaster. The book is much more loosely organized than the earlier Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!
Ralph Leighton (/ ˈ l eɪ t ən / LAY-tən; born 1949) [citation needed] is an American biographer, film producer, [citation needed] and friend of the late physicist Richard Feynman. [1] He recorded Feynman relating stories of his life. Leighton has released some of the recordings as The Feynman Tapes.
The Pleasure of Finding Things Out is a collection of short works from American physicist Richard Feynman, including interviews, speeches, lectures, and printed articles.. Among these is his famous 1959 lecture "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom", his report on the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, and his speech on scientific integrity in which he coined the term "cargo cult scien
Richard Feynman, Physics Nobel laureate in 1965 for his work in electrodynamics, may be percieved as an eccentric and free spirit. His works in the fields of mechanics and astronomy are the works of a genius. His book, 'Surely You're Joking, Mr.Feynman', is a compilation of numerous events that when collated, summarise the person that is Feynman.
While Adams wouldn't have won the game even if he got the Final Jeopardy question right, as he started the round with only $5,200, many fans disagreed with the show's decision to not accept his ...
“Surely you can’t be serious,” says Ted Striker, a former war pilot traumatized by his service. “I am serious,” replies Rumack, “and don’t call me Shirley.” ...
Critical reception has been positive. [4] [5] The journal The Physics Teacher, in recommending it to both scientists and non-scientists alike, gave The Character of Physical Law a favorable review, writing that although the book was initially intended to supplement the recordings, it was "complete in itself and will appeal to a far wider audience".