The Pleasure of Finding Things Out - Brossura

Feynman, Richard P

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ISBN 10: 0141031433 ISBN 13: 9780141031439

Casa editrice: Penguin, 2007

Riassunto

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.

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L'autore:

One of the world's greatest theoretical physicists and a Nobel laureate, Richard Feynman was also a man who fell, often jumped, into adventure. An artist, safe-cracker, practical joker and storyteller, his life was a series of combustible combinations made possible by his unique mixture of high intelligence, unquenchable curiosity and eternal scepticism.

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

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Penguin
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0141031433
• ISBN 13: 9780141031439
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 288
• Redattore: Robbins Jeffery