Kyle Harrison
to-read
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! Adventures of a Curious Character
- Author
- Richard P. Feynman, Ralph Leighton
- Published
- 1985
- Pages
- 352
- Recommended
- Once
Why it’s on the list: Feynman’s anecdotes as told to Ralph Leighton — safe-cracking at Los Alamos, samba in Brazil, the bongo drums, the textbook-committee farce. The book people hand over when they want to explain what taking a problem personally looks like.
Where I saw it: A bare Amazon link saved in the note.
Connections
- Richard Feynman — the subject.
- The Idea Factory · The Man From The Future — the read-library books that cover the same mid-century American physics world.
- Republic of Letters — the portfolio idea this sits closest to.