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A New York Times bestseller—the outrageous exploits of one of this century's greatest scientific minds and a legendary American original. et des millions de livres en stock sur Amazon.fr. ― Richard Feynman, quote from Surely You're Joking, Mr. Stephen Hawking’s phenomenal, multimillion-copy bestseller, A Brief History of Time, introduced the ideas of this brilliant theoretical physicist to readers all over the world. et des millions de livres en stock sur Amazon.fr. : Adventures of a Curious Character “All the time you're saying to yourself, 'I could do that, but I won't,' — which is just another way of saying that you can't.” ― Richard Feynman, quote from Surely You're Joking, Mr. It's an appreciation of the mathematical beauty of nature, of how she works inside; a realization that the phenomena we see result from the complexity of the inner workings between atoms; a feeling of how dramatic and wonderful it is. 1351 likes. Achetez neuf ou d'occasion Feynman! Feynman! Retrouvez Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman: Adventures of a Curious Character as Told to Ralph Leighton. adventures of a curious character by Richard Phillips Feynman ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0; 4 Ratings 42 Want to read; 5 Currently reading; 3 Have read; This edition published in 1985 by W.W. Norton in New York. It's possible to enjoy Surely You're Joking, Mr Feynman, a bestseller ever since its initial publication in 1985, simply as a bunch of hilarious yarns with the author as know-it-all hero. Surely You're Joking, Mr. “All the time you're saying to yourself, 'I could do that, but I won't,' — which is just another way of saying that you can't.” ― Richard P. Feynman, Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! You just have to be honest in a conventional way after that.”, “You see, I get so much fun out of thinking that I don’t want to destroy this pleasant machine that makes life such a big kick.”, “I don’t know what’s the matter with people: they don’t learn by understanding; they learn by some other way—by rote, or something. May you have that freedom.”. “There was a Princess Somebody of Denmark sitting at a table with a number of people around her, and I saw an empty chair at their table and sat down. 1348 likes. Feynman!" You know what it means? It’s just like fucking!”, “The individual member of the social community often receives his information via visual, symbolic channels.” I went back and forth over it, and translated. ": Adventures of a Curious Character is an edited collection of reminiscences by the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman. Homo sapiens. Feynman!" Like “Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it.” ― Richard P. Feynman tags: science, sex. W. W. Norton & Company, Jun 28, 2010 - Biography & Autobiography - 352 pages. Six Easy Pieces book. ": Adventures of a Curious Character, Surely You're Joking, Mr. -- Alan Lightman, The New Yo…, What If? Feynman!" So you have to be very careful about that. tags: confidence. 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At some point, however, attentive readers realize that underneath all the merriment simmers a running commentary on what constitutes authentic knowledge: learning by understanding, not by rote; refusal to give up on seemingly insoluble problems; and total disrespect for … In this episode, Jason Staples and Erik Rostad discuss book 10 of the 2017 Books of Titans Reading list – Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! All Quotes Des milliers de livres avec la livraison chez vous en 1 jour ou en magasin avec -5% de réduction . They are so wonderful. Noté /5. Adventures of a Curious Character. Reading about Feynman and following his wonderful lectures also was one of the (many) reasons why I became a scientist. But the many scientific and personal achievements of this Nobel Prize-winning physicist are no laughing matter. But when I had the chance to read his autobiographical book “Surely you’re joking Mr. Feynman – Adventures of a Curious Character” I have to admit that I became a fan. Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman by Richard P. Feynman, 9780099173311, available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide. But pompous fools – guys who are fools and covering it all over and impressing people as to how wonderful they are with all this hocus pocus – THAT, I CANNOT STAND! The dean's wife is serving and asks him the above question. Like “I have a friend who's an artist and has sometimes taken a view which I don't agree with very well. Richard Feynman during the Special Lecture in Caltech: the Motion of Planets Around the Sun (Photo via Wikimedia Commons) Predicted what would be broadcast on radio station one hour earlier. ― Richard Feynman, quote from Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! : Adventures of a Curious Character from the world’s largest community of readers. Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman is an autobiography by anecdote. Quotes, “You have no responsibility to live up to what other people think you ought to accomplish. : Adventures of a Curious Character de Feynman, Richard, Leighton, Ralph, Gates, Bill: ISBN: 9780393355628 sur amazon.fr, des millions de livres livrés chez vous en 1 jour Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, "Surely You're Joking, Mr. “People read.”, “I have to keep going to find out ultimately what is the matter with it in the end.”, “I wouldn’t stop until I figured the damn thing out–it would take me fifteen or twenty minutes. : Adventures of … ­­Newsweek Richard Feynman won the Nobel prize in physics, is one of the world's greatest theoretical physicists, and is a man who has fallen, often jumped, into outrageous adventure. Feynman!" With his characteristic eyebrow-raising behavior, Richard P. Feynman once provoked the wife of a Princeton dean to remark, "Surely you're joking, Mr. 5 min read. An ordinary fool isn’t a faker; an honest fool is all right. 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