What Do You Care What Other People Think?：Further Adventures of a Curious Character

图书标准信息

• 作者 Richard P Feynman 著
• 出版社 W.W. Norton & Co.
• 出版时间 2001-02
• 版次 2
• ISBN 9780393320923
• 定价 192.10元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 256页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Oneofthegreatestphysicistsofthetwentiethcentury,RichardFeynmanpossessedanunquenchablethirstforadventureandanunparalleledabilitytotellthestoriesofhislife."WhatDoYouCareWhatOtherPeopleThink?"isFeynman’slastliterarylegacy,whichhepreparedashestruggledwithcancer.Amongitsmanytales—somefunny,othersintenselymoving—wemeetFeynman’sfirstwife,Arlene,whotaughthimoflove’sirreduciblemysteryasshelaydyinginahospitalbedwhileheworkednearbyontheatomicbombatLosAlamos.WearealsogivenafascinatingnarrativeoftheinvestigationofthespaceshuttleChallenger’sexplosionin1986,andwerelivethemomentwhenFeynmanrevealedthedisaster’scausebyanelegantexperiment:droppingaringofrubberintoaglassofcoldwaterandpullingitout,misshapen.Thiscompanionvolumeto"SurelyYou'reJoking,Mr.Feynman"includesaremarkablebehindthescenesaccountofthespaceshuttleChallengerinvestigation.

【作者简介】

RichardP.Feynmanwasbornin1918andgrewupinFarRockaway,NewYork.AttheageofseventeenheenteredMITandin1939wenttoPrinceton,thentoLosAlamos,wherehejoinedintheefforttobuildtheatomicbomb.FollowingWorldWarIIhejoinedthephysicsfacultyatCornell,thenwentontoCaltechin1951,wherehetaughtuntilhisdeathin1988.HesharedtheNobelPrizeforphysicsin1965,andservedwithdistinctionontheShuttleCommissionin1986.AcommemorativestampinhisnamewasissuedbytheU.S.PostalServicein2005.RalphLeighton,RichardFeynman'sgreatfriendandcollaborator,nowlivesinnorthernCalifornia.