Surely You're Joking, MR Feynman!：Adventures of a Curious Character as Told to Ralph Leighton

图书标准信息

• 作者 Ralph、Richard P. Feynman 著；Edward Hutchings 编
• 出版社 Vintage
• 出版时间 1992-06
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780099173311
• 定价 98.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 352页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

WinneroftheNobelPrizeforPhysicsin1965,RichardFeynmanwasoneoftheworld'sgreatesttheoreticalphysicists,buthewasalsoamanwhofell,oftenjumped,intoadventure.Anartist,safecracker,practicaljokerandstoryteller,Feynman'slifewasaseriesofcombustoblecombinationsmadepossiblebyhisuniquemixtureofhighintelligence,unquenchablecuriosityandeternalscepticism.Overaperiodofyears,Feynman'sconversationswithhisfriendRalphLeightonwerefirsttapedandthensetdownastheyappearhere,littlechangedfromtheirspokenform,givingawise,funny,passionateandtotallyhonestself-portraitofoneofthegreatestmenofourage.

【作者简介】

RichardFeynmanwas,untilhisdeathin1988,themostfamousphysicistintheworld.Onlyaninfinitesimalpartofthegeneralpopulationcouldunderstandhismathematicalphysics,buthisoutgoingandsunnypersonality,hisgiftforexposition,hishabitofplayingthebongodrums,andhistestimonytothePresidentialCommissionontheChallengerSpaceShuttledisasterturnedhimintoacelebrity.RichardFeynmandiedin1988afteralongillness.FreemanDyson,oftheInstituteforAdvancedStudyinPrinceton,NewJersey,calledhim'themostoriginalmindofhisgeneration',whileinitsobituaryTheNewYorkTimesdescribedhimas'arguablythemostbrilliant,iconoclasticandinfluentialofthepostwargenerationoftheoreticalphysicists'.