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Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track

Author : Richard P. Feynman
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0786722428
Total Pages : 515 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (867 download)

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Download or read book Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track written by Richard P. Feynman and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2008-08-01 with total page 515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I'm an explorer, OK? I like to find out!" -- One of the towering figures of twentieth-century science, Richard Feynman possessed a curiosity that was the stuff of legend. Even before he won the Nobel Prize in 1965, his unorthodox and spellbinding lectures on physics secured his reputation amongst students and seekers around the world. It was his outsized love for life, however, that earned him the status of an American cultural icon-here was an extraordinary intellect devoted to the proposition that the thrill of discovery was matched only by the joy of communicating it to others. In this career-spanning collection of letters, many published here for the first time, we are able to see this side of Feynman like never before. Beginning with a short note home in his first days as a graduate student, and ending with a letter to a stranger seeking his advice decades later, Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track covers a dazzling array of topics and themes, scientific developments and personal histories. With missives to and from scientific luminaries, as well as letters to and from fans, family, students, crackpots, as well as everyday people eager for Feynman's wisdom and counsel, the result is a wonderful de facto guide to life, and eloquent testimony to the human quest for knowledge at all levels. Feynman once mused that "people are entertained' enormously by being allowed to understand a little bit of something they never understood before." As edited and annotated by his daughter, Michelle, these letters not only allow us to better grasp the how and why of Feynman's enduring appeal, but also to see the virtues of an inquiring eye in spectacular fashion. Whether discussing the Manhattan Project or developments in quantum physics, the Challenger investigation or grade-school textbooks, the love of his wife or the best way to approach a problem, his dedication to clarity, grace, humor, and optimism is everywhere evident..

Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track

Author : Richard Phillips Feynman
Publisher : Basic Books (AZ)
ISBN 13 : 9780738206363
Total Pages : 526 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track written by Richard Phillips Feynman and published by Basic Books (AZ). This book was released on 2005-04-05 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of the correspondence of the maverick physicist, Nobel laureate, and author offers an insightful and intimate glimpse into the mind and life of a scientific luminary.

Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track

Author : Richard P. Feynman
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 0786722428
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (867 download)

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Download or read book Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track written by Richard P. Feynman and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2008-08-01 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I'm an explorer, OK? I like to find out!" -- One of the towering figures of twentieth-century science, Richard Feynman possessed a curiosity that was the stuff of legend. Even before he won the Nobel Prize in 1965, his unorthodox and spellbinding lectures on physics secured his reputation amongst students and seekers around the world. It was his outsized love for life, however, that earned him the status of an American cultural icon-here was an extraordinary intellect devoted to the proposition that the thrill of discovery was matched only by the joy of communicating it to others. In this career-spanning collection of letters, many published here for the first time, we are able to see this side of Feynman like never before. Beginning with a short note home in his first days as a graduate student, and ending with a letter to a stranger seeking his advice decades later, Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track covers a dazzling array of topics and themes, scientific developments and personal histories. With missives to and from scientific luminaries, as well as letters to and from fans, family, students, crackpots, as well as everyday people eager for Feynman's wisdom and counsel, the result is a wonderful de facto guide to life, and eloquent testimony to the human quest for knowledge at all levels. Feynman once mused that "people are entertained' enormously by being allowed to understand a little bit of something they never understood before." As edited and annotated by his daughter, Michelle, these letters not only allow us to better grasp the how and why of Feynman's enduring appeal, but also to see the virtues of an inquiring eye in spectacular fashion. Whether discussing the Manhattan Project or developments in quantum physics, the Challenger investigation or grade-school textbooks, the love of his wife or the best way to approach a problem, his dedication to clarity, grace, humor, and optimism is everywhere evident..

No Ordinary Genius

Author : Richard Phillips Feynman
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393313932
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (139 download)

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Download or read book No Ordinary Genius written by Richard Phillips Feynman and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1994 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A portrait of the late Nobel Prize-winning physicist recounts his early enthusiasm for science, work on the atom bomb, and inquiry into the Challenger explosion.

The Quotable Feynman

Author : Richard P. Feynman
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691153035
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book The Quotable Feynman written by Richard P. Feynman and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-09-29 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A treasure-trove of illuminating and entertaining quotations from beloved physicist Richard P. Feynman "Some people say, ‘How can you live without knowing?' I do not know what they mean. I always live without knowing. That is easy. How you get to know is what I want to know."—Richard P. Feynman Nobel Prize–winning physicist Richard P. Feynman (1918–88) was that rarest of creatures—a towering scientific genius who could make himself understood by anyone and who became as famous for the wit and wisdom of his popular lectures and writings as for his fundamental contributions to science. The Quotable Feynman is a treasure-trove of this revered and beloved scientist's most profound, provocative, humorous, and memorable quotations on a wide range of subjects. Carefully selected by Richard Feynman's daughter, Michelle Feynman, from his spoken and written legacy, including interviews, lectures, letters, articles, and books, the quotations are arranged under two dozen topics—from art, childhood, discovery, family, imagination, and humor to mathematics, politics, science, religion, and uncertainty. These brief passages—about 500 in all—vividly demonstrate Feynman's astonishing yet playful intelligence, and his almost constitutional inability to be anything other than unconventional, engaging, and inspiring. The result is a unique, illuminating, and enjoyable portrait of Feynman's life and thought that will be cherished by his fans at the same time that it provides an ideal introduction to Feynman for readers new to this intriguing and important thinker. The book features a foreword in which physicist Brian Cox pays tribute to Feynman and describes how his words reveal his particular genius, a piece in which cellist Yo-Yo Ma shares his memories of Feynman and reflects on his enduring appeal, and a personal preface by Michelle Feynman. It also includes some previously unpublished quotations, a chronology of Richard Feynman's life, some twenty photos of Feynman, and a section of memorable quotations about Feynman from other notable figures. Features: Approximately 500 quotations, some of them previously unpublished, arranged by topic A foreword by Brian Cox, reflections by Yo-Yo Ma, and a preface by Michelle Feynman A chronology of Feynman's life Some twenty photos of Feynman A section of quotations about Feynman from other notable figures Some notable quotations of Richard P. Feynman: "The thing that doesn't fit is the most interesting." "Thinking is nothing but talking to yourself inside." "It is wonderful if you can find something you love to do in your youth which is big enough to sustain your interest through all your adult life. Because, whatever it is, if you do it well enough (and you will, if you truly love it), people will pay you to do what you want to do anyway." "I'd hate to die twice. It's so boring."

"What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character

Author : Richard P. Feynman
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393079813
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book "What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character written by Richard P. Feynman and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2011-02-14 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times best-selling sequel to "Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!" One of the greatest physicists of the twentieth century, Richard Feynman possessed an unquenchable thirst for adventure and an unparalleled ability to tell the stories of his life. "What Do You Care What Other People Think?" is Feynman’s last literary legacy, prepared with his friend and fellow drummer, Ralph Leighton. Among its many tales—some funny, others intensely moving—we meet Feynman’s first wife, Arlene, who taught him of love’s irreducible mystery as she lay dying in a hospital bed while he worked nearby on the atomic bomb at Los Alamos. We are also given a fascinating narrative of the investigation of the space shuttle Challenger’s explosion in 1986, and we relive the moment when Feynman revealed the disaster’s cause by an elegant experiment: dropping a ring of rubber into a glass of cold water and pulling it out, misshapen.

The Pleasure of Finding Things Out

Author : Richard P. Feynman
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0465013120
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book The Pleasure of Finding Things Out written by Richard P. Feynman and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2005-04-06 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection from scientist and Nobel Peace Prize winner highlights the achievements of a man whose career reshaped the world's understanding of quantum electrodynamics. The Pleasure of Finding Things Out is a magnificent treasury of the best short works of Richard P. 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.

Don't You Have Time to Think?

Author : Richard Phillips Feynman
Publisher : Penguin Group
ISBN 13 : 9780141021133
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (211 download)

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Download or read book Don't You Have Time to Think? written by Richard Phillips Feynman and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout his extraordinary career Richard Feynman wrote regularly to friends and family, to his fans around the world, and to colleagues eager for advice. This collection of his letters has been lovingly woven into a life story by his daughter Michelle Feynman. They provide a unique portrait of a man whose passion and commitment inspired all who were lucky enough to come within his orbit. Feynman's letters are direct and uncompromising; patient, thoughtful, always humorous, he challenges his readers to be true to themselves and not to accept conventional wisdom. He is also, in this, his personal correspondence, exceptionally entertaining.

Feynman's Tips on Physics

Author : Richard P. Feynman
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0465029213
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book Feynman's Tips on Physics written by Richard P. Feynman and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2013-01-29 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Feynman's Tips on Physics is a delightful collection of Richard P. Feynman's insights and an essential companion to his legendary Feynman Lectures on Physics With characteristic flair, insight, and humor, Feynman discusses topics physics students often struggle with and offers valuable tips on addressing them. Included here are three lectures on problem-solving and a lecture on inertial guidance omitted from The Feynman Lectures on Physics. An enlightening memoir by Matthew Sands and oral history interviews with Feynman and his Caltech colleagues provide firsthand accounts of the origins of Feynman's landmark lecture series. Also included are incisive and illuminating exercises originally developed to supplement The Feynman Lectures on Physics, by Robert B. Leighton and Rochus E. Vogt. Feynman's Tips on Physics was co-authored by Michael A. Gottlieb and Ralph Leighton to provide students, teachers, and enthusiasts alike an opportunity to learn physics from some of its greatest teachers, the creators of The Feynman Lectures on Physics.

The Meaning of It All

Author : Richard P. Feynman
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0786739142
Total Pages : 79 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (867 download)

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Download or read book The Meaning of It All written by Richard P. Feynman and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2009-04-29 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many appreciate Richard P. Feynman's contributions to twentieth-century physics, but few realize how engaged he was with the world around him -- how deeply and thoughtfully he considered the religious, political, and social issues of his day. Now, a wonderful book -- based on a previously unpublished, three-part public lecture he gave at the University of Washington in 1963 -- shows us this other side of Feynman, as he expounds on the inherent conflict between science and religion, people's distrust of politicians, and our universal fascination with flying saucers, faith healing, and mental telepathy. Here we see Feynman in top form: nearly bursting into a Navajo war chant, then pressing for an overhaul of the English language (if you want to know why Johnny can't read, just look at the spelling of "friend"); and, finally, ruminating on the death of his first wife from tuberculosis. This is quintessential Feynman -- reflective, amusing, and ever enlightening.

The Art of Richard P. Feynman

Author : Richard Phillips Feynman
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9782884490474
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book The Art of Richard P. Feynman written by Richard Phillips Feynman and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Displays one of America's leading physicist's fascinating development of personal artistic sensitivity to line, form, and the moods of his subject.

The Beat of a Different Drum

Author : Jagdish Mehra
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780198518877
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (188 download)

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Download or read book The Beat of a Different Drum written by Jagdish Mehra and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a definitve book dealing with the life and scientific work of arguably the greatest American-born theoretical physicist of the 20th century. Feynman was irreverent and iconoclastic; he disdained authority and despised ceremony. Jagdish Mehra knew Richard Feynman personally for 30years. Feynman invited Mehra to spend three weeks with him shortly before his death to interview him and talk about his life , and encouraged Mehra to write this book about his life and scientific work. What has emerged is a truly authoritative account of Feynman's life and achievements.

Truth and Beauty

Author : S. Chandrasekhar
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022616277X
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Truth and Beauty written by S. Chandrasekhar and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013-11-15 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seven lectures detailing the author’s thoughts on motivations in the pursuit of science and patterns of scientific creativity. “What a splendid book! Reading it is a joy, and for me, at least, continuing reading it became compulsive…. Chandrasekhar is a distinguished astrophysicist and every one of the lectures bears the hallmark of all his work: precision, thoroughness, lucidity.” —Sir Hermann Bondi, Nature Does aesthetics play a role in science? Can it be that science is given impetus by a search for beauty? What relation exists between the beauty of an idea and its power to account for some aspect of the natural world? Throughout his distinguished career, S. Chandrasekhar has given time and thought to these questions and to their implications for his work and the work of others. Truth and Beauty gathers the fruits of his meditations. Heisenberg, observes Chandrasekhar, spoke eloquently of the sheer force of his aesthetic experience when he discovered the key to the quantum theory. Weyl characterized the process of working out his gauge theory as a choice of the beautiful over the true, a choice strongly supported by subsequent research. Einstein also felt the aesthetic power underlying his discoveries. While most of the seven essays in Truth and Beauty deal generally with the nature of science and the process of research, two essays explore the work of individuals. —Edward Arthur Milne and Arthur Stanley Eddington The late S. Chandrasekhar was best known for his discovery of the upper limit to the mass of a white dwarf star, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1983. He was the author of many books, including The Mathematical Theory of Black Holes and, most recently, Newton's Principia for the Common Reader.

The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. III

Author : Richard P. Feynman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0465025013
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. III written by Richard P. Feynman and published by . This book was released on 2011-10-04 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New edition features improved typography, figures and tables, expanded indexes, and 885 new corrections.

Classic Feynman

Author : Richard Phillips Feynman
Publisher : W. W. Norton
ISBN 13 : 9780393061321
Total Pages : 511 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (613 download)

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Download or read book Classic Feynman written by Richard Phillips Feynman and published by W. W. Norton. This book was released on 2006 with total page 511 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An omnibus edition of classic adventure tales by the Nobel Prize-winning physicist includes his exchanges with Einstein and Bohr, ideas about gambling with Nick the Greek, and solution to the Challenger disaster, in a volume complemented by an hour-long audio CD of his 1978 "Los Alamos from Below" lecture. 30,000 first printing.

Exercises for the Feynman Lectures on Physics

Author : Richard Phillips Feynman (Physiker, USA)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780465036615
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (366 download)

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Download or read book Exercises for the Feynman Lectures on Physics written by Richard Phillips Feynman (Physiker, USA) and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Genius

Author : James Gleick
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1453210431
Total Pages : 858 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (532 download)

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Download or read book Genius written by James Gleick and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2011-02-22 with total page 858 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times Bestseller: This life story of the quirky physicist is “a thorough and masterful portrait of one of the great minds of the century” (The New York Review of Books). Raised in Depression-era Rockaway Beach, physicist Richard Feynman was irreverent, eccentric, and childishly enthusiastic—a new kind of scientist in a field that was in its infancy. His quick mastery of quantum mechanics earned him a place at Los Alamos working on the Manhattan Project under J. Robert Oppenheimer, where the giddy young man held his own among the nation’s greatest minds. There, Feynman turned theory into practice, culminating in the Trinity test, on July 16, 1945, when the Atomic Age was born. He was only twenty-seven. And he was just getting started. In this sweeping biography, James Gleick captures the forceful personality of a great man, integrating Feynman’s work and life in a way that is accessible to laymen and fascinating for the scientists who follow in his footsteps.