The pleasure of finding things out the best short works of Richard P. Feynman

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. F...

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Main Author: Feynman, Richard P. (Richard Phillips), 1918-1988 (Author)
Other Authors: Robbins, Jeffrey (Editor), Dyson, Freeman J. (author of foreword.)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Basic Books, [2005?], ©1999.
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260 |a New York :  |b Basic Books,  |c [2005?], ©1999. 
300 |a xvi, 270 pages :  |b illustrations ;  |c 21 cm 
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500 |a Includes index. 
505 0 |a The pleasure of finding things out -- Computing machines in the future -- Los Alamos from below -- What is and what should be the role of scientific culture in modern society -- There's plenty of room at the bottom -- The value of science -- Richard P. Feynman's Minority Report to the Space Shuttle Challenger Inquiry -- What is science? -- The smartest man in the world -- Cargo cult science : some remarks on science, pseudoscience, and learning how to not fool yourself -- It's as simple as one, two, three -- Richard Feynman builds a universe -- The relation of science and religion. 
520 |a 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. --  |c Publisher's website. 
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