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. 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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Table of Contents:
  • 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.