Name: Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard p. Feynman (Helix Books)
SKU: 1742228
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Author: Feynman, Richard P. ; Dyson, Freeman
ISBN: 9780465023950

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Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard p. Feynman (Helix Books)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Richard P. Feynman

Preface by

Freeman Dyson

Publisher

Basic Books

Language

English

Pages

288

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.8x13.7x2 cm

Weight

0.25 kg.

ISBN

0465023959

ISBN13

9780465023950

Synopsis "Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard p. Feynman (Helix Books) "

This collection from scientist and Nobel Peace Prize winner highlights the achievements of a man whose career reshaped the world's understanding of quantum electrodynamics. The Pleasure of Finding Things Out is a magnificent treasury of the best short works of Richard P. 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 to his Nobel Prize acceptance speech, this book will fascinate anyone interested in the world of ideas.

Richard P. Feynman

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Feynman has been one of the most important scientists in the history of physics in the 20th century. He was an enthusiastic popularizer of physics through books and lectures. He collaborated in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II and became known to a wide audience in the 1980s as a member of the Rogers Commission, the group that investigated the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. For his contributions to the development of quantum electrodynamics, Feynman, along with Julian Schwinger and Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965.

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