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Even while working on top secret physics, Feynman was an enthusiastic correspondent, jumping eagerly at the chance to encourage a young scientist, correct a public misperception, or tell a goofy joke to his family. Self-effacing, charmingly down to earth, and occasionally cranky, these letters cover Feynman's entire career, although in the fits and starts one would expect from a collection such as this. His own words to students, spouses, daughters, and fellow scientists reveal Feynman's brilliance far more effectively than any biographical lens ever could. --Therese Littleton
| AUTHOR: | Timothy Ferris, Richard Phillips Feynman, Michelle Feynman |
| CATEGORY: | Book |
| MANUFACTURER: | Basic Books |
| ISBN: | 0738206369 |
| TYPE: | Biography, Biography & Autobiography, Biography / Autobiography, Biography/Autobiography, Correspondence, Feynman, Richard Phillips, General, Letters, Physicists, Physics, Science, Scientists - General, United States |
| MEDIA: | Hardcover |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
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Advice for aspiring scientists Feynman wrote to the advice-seeking father of an aspiring scientist/high school student: (paraphrase) "the best advice I can give your son is to fall in love with a beautiful woman and talk to her quietly at night." <
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>In the interest of full disclosure: Feynman was married three times, widowed once; the third one stuck for life.
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As an avid Feynman fan, I was excited when I saw this volume appear in bookstores earlier this year. I was not disappointed.
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>Michelle Feynman, the adopted daughter of the esteemed scientist/safe-cracker/bongo-player/raconteur Richard Feynman, has done a truly outstanding job of compiling the most compelling of her father's communications. These letters span a lifetime, from Feynman's undergraduate days through his service on the Congressional committee investigating negligence in the Challenger disaster.
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>What really shines through in all of Feynman's correspondence is his zest for life, his helpful and infinitely curious nature, and his penchant for being quite the cut-up despite being one of the hardest-working physists of his era.
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>If you have enjoyed reading or listening to other volumes of Feynman's exploits; if you have only approached him as a student of physics; even if you've never heard of the guy, I heartily recommend this book for a few hours of pleasurable reading which will give you insight into the mind of a great thinker and a very compassionate and wacky human being.
The human side of the legendary physicist
Freeman Dyson writing in 'The New York Review of Books' considers Feynmann to be along with Einstein and Hawking, one of the three legendary physicists of the twentieth century.He writes," The public made him into an icon because he was not only a great scientist and a great clown but also a great human being and a guide in time of trouble. Other Feynman books have portrayed him as a scientific wizard and as a storyteller. This collection of letters shows us for the first time the son caring for his father and mother, the father caring for his wife and children, the teacher caring for his students, the writer replying to people throughout the world who wrote to him about their problems and received his full and undivided attention."
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>This book of letters spans the entire period of his career from his Los Alamos days to his work as the most perspicacious investigator of the 'Challenger disaster'.
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>It shows how many- sided, innovative, creative and flexible he could be in responding humanely in so many different kinds of situations.
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>It adds a major dimension to the appreciative picture of him his many readers and students have.
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