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

Feynman, Richard P.; Richard P. Feynman

ISBN 10: 0713994371 / ISBN 13: 9780713994377

Edité par Allen Lane/The Penquin Press, London, 1999

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A clean and unmarked black-boards hardback with an unclipped dust jacket now protected in a new archival-quality, removable Mylar plastic cover. This nice copy has an "opened-only-a-few-times" look & feel with no crushes to the boards' corners. Stored in sealed plastic protection and mailed (bubble-wrapped) in a sturdy Jiffy Rigi Bag envelope. We ship daily from Roswell, Ga. Serving satisfied customers since 1999. 269-stated pages.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P.Feynman
• Éditeur: Allen Lane/The Penquin Press, London
• Date de parution: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0713994371
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780713994377
• Reliure: Hardcover
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: Very Good
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Science
  • Short Stories
  • Physics

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Synopsis

This magnificent collection of Feynman's best short works includes uproarious tales of Feynman's student experiments, his famous report on the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, his experiences on the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos during World WarII, two seminal lectures on the future of computers and nanotechnology, and fascinating stories of the physicist as a child.

À propos de l?auteur

Richard P. Feynman (1918-88) was one of this century's most brilliant theoretical physicists and original thinkers. In 1965 he won the Nobel Prize for his work in quantum electrodynamics. Books by Feynman in Penguin include Six Easy Pieces, Six Not-So-Easy Pieces and the bestselling The Meaning Of It All.