Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track: Letters of Richard P. Feynman

Richard P. Feynman, Michelle Feynman

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4.24 · 17 ratings · 486 pages · Published: 05 Apr 2004
Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track: Letters of Richard P. Feynman by Richard P. Feynman, Michelle Feynman
"One of the towering figures of twentieth-century science, Richard Feynman possessed a curiosity that was the stuff of legend. Even before he won the Nobel Prize in 1965, his unorthodox and spellbinding lectures on physics secured his reputation amongst students and seekers around the world. It was his outsized love for life, however, that earned him the status of an American cultural icon - here was an extraordinary intellect devoted to the proposition that the thrill of discovery was matched only by the joy of communicating it to others." In this career-spanning collection of letters, many published here for the first time, we are able to see this side of Feynman like never before. Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track covers a dazzling array of topics and themes, scientific developments and personal histories. With missives to and from scientific luminaries, as well as letters to and from fans, family, students, crackpots, as well as everyday people eager for Feynman's wisdom and counsel, the result is a de facto guide to life, and eloquent testimony to the human quest for knowledge at all levels.

Published in the UK as Don't You Have Time to Think?
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