Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!

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

by Richard P. Feynman

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• “Richard Feynman, winner of the Nobel Prize in physics, thrived on outrageous adventures.”
• “In short, here is Feynman’s life in all its eccentric—a combustible mixture of high intelligence, unlimited curiosity, and raging chutzpah.”
• Here he recounts his experience
  • trading ideas on atomic physics with Einstein and Bohr and
  • ideas on gambling with Nick the Greek;
  • cracking the uncrackable safes guarding the most deeply held nuclear secrets;
  • accompanying a ballet on his bongo drums;
  • painting a naked female toreador.