Yes you guessed it right, this is a edited book by the famous physicist Richard P Feynman. This is a nice pick for those who enjoy little facts in life. Everyone leads a life which is unique in sequence of incidents marked by few interesting ones as well. But when it comes to Feynman, it has to be special. Special, not because God made it like that, but because Feynman was living it. He is fond of making people appalled. Sometimes he does things which makes you filled with awe for his intellect. But then, other instances in the book tell of him as a human, who errs. He will make you laugh, but for that you need to know a little bit of physics perhaps, or biology, ohh!! or just a little sense of humor! The book is special, as it is a honest and brief account of incidents which appealed Feynman. It is entertaining and intriguing too. His character is to go for the simplistic solutions for the most complex realities. He makes one realize that how the most difficult situations are dealt with in the most straight forward way. It is about small stories from his life from his own perspective, collated with his own midas touche'.
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Have been wanting to read this for a long time. You should have written more!
Surely you’re joking! Mr. Feynman
Strangely I started this after one of my bestest friend suggested it to relieve me of my normal boring daily stress of job life – people gave a broad smile whenever they saw me reading this one or even kept beside me. Yes the book enters the comic genre quiet significantly and proudly and this is also what you will get to see about this book in other reviews.
However, blinded by judgement of normal senses that this is a BOOK - I found the life of Feynman quiet interesting – this man loves Puzzles and wants to really understand each n everything in this world. The book reveals the inquisitive nature of the being as to how he wants exactly to know what makes Ants move in a straight line ( and eventually is successful in deviating them from their original path) , he wants to know how to crack a safe when angrily he forgets the keys of his safe and ends up applying the knowledge of gear ratio and few mathematical series , a person who is able to answer e square in few nanoseconds just because he remembers Ln 10 which he frequently used in his calculations , a person who tries to experiment when he saw a man claiming in a fair that “I would be able to tell exactly the location if anyone form you go and hide this 1 dollar note wherever they want !!” and the list goes on. And yes let’s not forget this man was one of key man in the highly confidential Manhattan Project where he meets John Von Neumann , Kreyzig , Fermi etc. – the people he thought were true scholars. Read this book humorously told and each chapter ensures that your eyes rest on it with step by step unveiling of the solutions to a problem. If you do echo my thoughts for sure it will force you to methodologically practically understand the things rather than theoretically even in normal daily working life.
Nobel Laureates are really Nobel deserving men! - Thanks friend for such a good book.
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