Surely You’re Joking Mr. Feynman!

Surely You’re Joking Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character) is the memoir of Nobel Prize winning physicist Richard P. Feynman, one of the most colorful and brilliant scientists of the twentieth century. Assembled from recorded conversations and edited by Ralph Leighton, the book presents a portrait of a man driven by insatiable curiosity and an absolute commitment to figuring things out for himself. Feynman’s adventures range from his years at Los Alamos working on the Manhattan Project to his time in Brazil teaching physics and learning samba drumming, to his battles with NASA over the Challenger disaster. But beneath the anecdotes lies a serious philosophy of scientific thinking, intellectual honesty, and how to approach the world with genuine curiosity. Irresistible.