The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman: Library Edition

Feynman, Richard Phillips

ISBN 10 : 1482910551 ISBN 13 : 9781482910551

Editeur : Blackstone Pub, 2013

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The Pleasure of Finding Things Out is a magnificent treasury of the best short works of Richard 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 and descriptions of the fantastic properties of quantum physics to his report on the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster and his Nobel Prize acceptance speech, this book will fascinate anyone interested in Feynman and anyone interested in the world of ideas. Newcomers to Feynman will be moved by his wit and deep understanding of the natural world, and of the human experience.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Richard P. Feynman was raised in Far Rockaway, New York, and received his Ph.D. from Princeton. He held professorships at both Cornell and the California Institute of Technology. In 1965 he received the Nobel Prize for his work on quantum electrodynamics. He died in 1988.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Blackstone Pub
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1482910551
• ISBN 13: 9781482910551
• Reliure: CD