The Pleasure of Finding Things Out,9780738201085

The Pleasure of Finding Things Out

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ISBN13: 9780738201085
ISBN10: 0738201081
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1999-08-12
Publisher(s): Basic Books
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Summary

The Pleasure of Finding Things Outis a magnificent treasury of the best short works of Richard Feynmanfrom interviews and speeches to lectures and printed articles. A sweeping, wide-ranging collection, it presents an intimate and fascinating view of a life in sciencea life like no other.From his ruminations on science in our culture and descriptions of the fantastic properties of quantum physics to his report on the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster and his Nobel Prize acceptance speech, this book will fascinate anyone interested in Feynman and anyone interested in the world of ideas. Newcomers to Feynman will be moved by his wit and deep understanding of the natural world, and of the human experience.

Author Biography

The late Richard P. Feynman won the 1965 Nobel Prize in physics for his many contributions to physics, especially for his work on quantum electrodynamics.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix(6)
Freeman Dyson
Editor's Introduction xv
1 The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
1(26)
2 Computing Machines in the Future
27(26)
3 Los Alamos from Below
53(44)
4 What Is and What Should Be the Role of Scientific Culture in Modern Society
97(20)
5 There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom
117(24)
6 The Value of Science
141(10)
7 Richard P. Feynman's Minority Report to the Space Shuttle Challenger Inquiry
151(20)
8 What Is Science?
171(18)
9 The Smartest Man in the World
189(16)
10 Cargo Cult Science: Some Remarks on Science, Pseudoscience, and Learning How to Not Fool Yourself
205(12)
11 It's as Simple as One, Two, Three
217(8)
12 Richard Feynman Builds a Universe
225(20)
13 The Relation of Science and Religion
245(14)
Acknowledgments 259(2)
Index 261

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