The Pleasure of Finding Things Out

Richard is a true believer in the scientific way and he had a very interesting history.

Richard P. Feynman (this collection published 1999): "The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman" This is of course a delightful and highly readable book, containing various short works by the famous 1965 Nobel Prize of Physics winner. Perhaps *every* Nobel Prize winner of Physics deserves stardom and broad public recognition and prestige, but, as we know,...more

Richard P. Feynman (this collection published 1999): "The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman" This is of course a delightful and highly readable book, containing various short works by the famous 1965 Nobel Prize of Physics winner. Perhaps *every* Nobel Prize winner of Physics deserves stardom and broad public recognition and prestige, but, as we know, rather few of these distinguished scientists manage to break into bookstores and the mainstream consciousness of society. Feynman is one of these few characters, due certainly to matters of timing and media profiling but also, of course, to his unique, forceful ubiquitous personality, his clarity of mind, his courage to speak openly and directly also on matters outside his own specialties, and his genuine enthusiasm for the world, how things work, and the pleasure of learning. This collection also contains various essays on science and its relation to philosophy and even religion and moral values, on learning and education in the USA, his important minority report on the Challenger disaster, and interviews.   hide