Classic Feynman
all the adventures of a curious character
by Richard Phillips Feynman · first published 2005
100% recommend
Presents a collection of stories and lectures by world-renowned physicist Richard Feyman, the 1965 Nobel Prize winner in physics who helped to develop the atomic bomb. Includes audio CD.
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I recommend: http://www.amazon.com/Classic-Feynman-Adventures-Curious-Cha... It has both "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" and "What Do You Care What Other People Think?" in a nice hardcover.
on “Rob Pike: The Best Programming Advice I Ever Got.” ↗I enjoy reading biographies. I'm reading "Classic Feynman" right now and it's great! Which ones would you recommend? Thanks! Update: Thanks for the recommendations, thus far!
on “Ask HN: What are some good biographies to read?” ↗Classic Feynman. I read it every year with my CS students. But let's give it some context. Von Neumann had delivered his talk "Computers and the Brain" only two years earlier where he referred to the components of a…
on “There's plenty of room at the bottom” ↗"Classic Feynman" is a compilation of Surely You're Joking and "What do you care what other people think?" plus some extra material. Highly recommended.
on “Ask HN: Good books?” ↗