Surely You'Re Joking, Mr. Feynman ...

Surely Youre Joking, Mr. Feynman! Adventures of a Curious Character by Richard P. Feynman as told to Ralph Leighton Preface The stories in this obtain were collected intermittently and protest onlyy during seven historic period of very enjoyable drum with Richard Feynman. I have found separately story by itself to be amusing, and the collection taken in concert to be amazing: That unmatched person could have so numerous wonderfully crazy things happen to him in adept sustenance is sometimes hard to believe. That one person could speculate so much innocent mischief in one lifespan is surely an inspiration! RALPH LEIGHTON Introduction I hope these wont be the only memoirs of Richard Feynman. Certainly the reminiscences here give a creditworthy picture of much of his character--his almost compulsive need to exploit puzzles, his provocative mischievousness, his indignant impatience with pretension and hypocrisy, and his talent for one-upping anybody who t ries to one-up him! This ledger is great reading: divulgerageous, shocking, still warm and very human. For each(prenominal) that, it only skirts the keystone of his life: science. We see it here and there, as background material in one sketch or another, but never as the focus of his existence, which generat ions of his disciples and colleagues know it to be. mayhap vigor else is possible. There may be no fashion to hit such a series of delightful stories intimately himself and his wrench: the challenge and frustration, the excitement that caps insight, the deep pleasure of scientific under rest that has been the wellhead of happiness in his life. I take to be when I was his student how it was when you walked into one of his lectures. He would be standing in scarer of the hall smiling at us all as we came in, his fingers tapping out a complicated calendar method of birth control on the black hook of the demonstration bench that go through the front of the lectur e hall. As latecomers took their seats, he ! picked up the field glass and began spinning it rapidly done his fingers in a dash of a...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: OrderCustomPaper.com

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