“Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman”: Adventures of a Curious Character

Richard Phillips Feynman

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The outrageous exploits of one of this century’s greatest scientific minds and a legendary American original. In this phenomenal national bestseller, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard P. Feynman recounts in his inimitable voice his adventures trading ideas on atomic physics with Einstein and Bohr and ideas on gambling with Nick the Greek, painting a naked female toreador, accompanying a ballet on his bongo drums and much else of an eyebrow-raising and hilarious nature. A New York Times bestseller; more than 500,000 copies sold.
  • “Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!”
    • Preface
    • Introduction
    • Vitals
    • Part 1.
      • He Fixes Radios by Thinking!
      • String Beans
      • Who Stole the Door?
      • Latin or Italian?
      • Always Trying to Escape
      • The Chief Research Chemist of the Metaplast Corporation
    • Part 2.
    • Part 3.
      • Fizzled Fuses
      • Testing Bloodhounds
      • Los Alamos from Below[1]
      • Safecracker Meets Safecracker
      • Uncle Sam Doesn’t Need You!
    • Part 4.
      • The Dignified Professor
      • Any Questions?
      • I Want My Dollar!
      • You Just Ask Them?
      • Lucky Numbers
      • O Americano, Outra Vez!
      • Man of a Thousand Tongues
      • Certainly, Mr. Big!
      • An Offer You Must Refuse
    • Part 5.
      • Would You Solve the Dirac Equation?
      • The 7 Percent Solution
      • Thirteen Times
      • It Sounds Greek to Me!