Pleasure Of Finding Things Out

Richard P. Feynman

• 07 september 2007
• 9780141031439

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The Pleasure of Finding Things Out collects the best short works of rule-breaking genius Richard Feynman, showing his passion for knowledge and sense of fun at their most infectious. The revealing and inspiring pieces here span a lifetime of enthusiasm for discovering what makes the world tick - including uproarious tales of early student experiments; safecracking and outwitting US censors during the Second World War; his first lecture as a graduate student (to an audience including Albert Einstein); and the memories of the father who delighted in showing him the world and sparked his insatiable curiosity. His immense intelligence, irrepressible wit and touching optimism radiate from every page . ( Independent on Sunday ). The reason why people such as Feynman do science is simply because it is there - the thrill of finding out how the world works . (John Gribbin). A sparkling collection . ( Wall Street Journal ). The authentic voice of Feynman, always playing with ideas but always serious about the things that mattered to him . (Freeman Dyson). Richard P. Feynman (1918-1988) was one of this century's most brilliant theoretical physicists and original thinkers. Feynman's other books, also available in Penguin, include QED , Six Easy Pieces , Six Not-so-Easy Pieces , Don't You Have Time to Think , The Pleasure of Finding Things Out , What Do You Care What Other People Think? and The Meaning of it All .