Alright, don't kid yourself, Mr. Feynman: The Adventures of a Eccentric Genius

Author: R·P·Feynman
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: The stories in this book were accumulated sporadically and casually during the seven years I happily drummed with Richard Feynman. I found that each story has its own unique charm, and when collected together, they form a grand collection. It's incredible that a person's life can be filled with so many wonderful and mad things. The person in his life could invent so many unintentional pranks, which is enough to enlighten the dull! This book merely touches upon the essence of his life: science. Here and there, we can see that as background material, science is just mentioned in passing, rather than being treated as the focus of his life. But his students and colleagues, generation after generation, know the weight of science in his life. Perhaps this is the only way this book can be written. Maybe there is really no way to organize the stories about him and his work: challenges and setbacks, the excitement of gaining insights, the deep joy brought by understanding science—these are the sources of his life's happiness.