 Richard P. Feynman"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"Adventures of a Curious CharacterThe outrageous exploits of one of this century's greatest scientific minds and a legendary American original.In this phenomenal national bestseller, the Nobel Prizewinning physicist Richard P. Feynman recounts in his inimitable voice his adventures trading ideas on atomic physics with Einstein and Bohr and ideas on gambling with Nick the Greek, painting a naked female toreador, accompanying a ballet on his bongo drums and much else of an eyebrow-raising and hilarious nature. "Quintessential Feynman--funny, brilliant, bawdy . . . enormously entertaining."--The New Yorker "Proves once again that it is possible to laugh out loud and scratch your head at the same time."--New York Times Book Review "Buzzes with energy, anecdote and life. It almost makes you want to become a physicist."--Science Digest New York Times bestseller A selection of Book-of-the-Month Club, Quality Paperback Book Club, and Newbridge Book Clubs More than 500,000 copies sold 1997 / paperback reissue / ISBN 0-393-31604-1 / Photographs / 352 pages / Science | |||||
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