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Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman [Minkštas viršelis]

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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 288 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 216x134x28 mm, weight: 290 g
  • Išleidimo metai: 06-Apr-2005
  • Leidėjas: Basic Books
  • ISBN-10: 0465023959
  • ISBN-13: 9780465023950
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 288 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 216x134x28 mm, weight: 290 g
  • Išleidimo metai: 06-Apr-2005
  • Leidėjas: Basic Books
  • ISBN-10: 0465023959
  • ISBN-13: 9780465023950
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
A collection of short works by the noted scientist includes his report on the space shuttle Challenger disaster and his Nobel Prize acceptance speech.

The Pleasure of Finding Things Out is a magnificent treasury of the best short works of Richard P. Feynman, including interviews, speeches, lectures, and articles.


The Pleasure of Finding Things Out is a magnificent treasury of the best short works of Richard P. Feynman from interviews and speeches to lectures and printed articles. A sweeping, wide-ranging collection, it presents an intimate and fascinating view of a life in science-a life like no other. From his ruminations on science in our culture to his Nobel Prize acceptance speech, this book will fascinate anyone interested in the world of ideas.
Foreword by Freeman Dyson vii
Editor's Introduction xiii
1 The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
1(26)
2 Computing Machines in the Future
27(26)
3 Los Alamos from Below
53(44)
4 What Is and What Should Be the Role of Scientific Culture in Modern Society
97(20)
5 There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom
117(24)
6 The Value of Science
141(10)
7 Richard P. Feynman's Minority Report to the Space Shuttle Challenger Inquiry
151(20)
8 What Is Science?
171(18)
9 The Smartest Man in the World
189(16)
10 Cargo Cult Science: Some Remarks on Science, Pseudoscience, and Learning How to Not Fool Yourself 205(12)
11 It's as Simple as One, Two, Three 217(8)
12 Richard Feynman Builds a Universe 225(20)
13 The Relation of Science and Religion 245(14)
Acknowledgments 259(2)
Index 261
Richard P. Feynman was raised in Far Rockaway, New York, and received his Ph.D. from Princeton. He held professorships at both Cornell and the California Institute of Technology. In 1965 he received the Nobel Prize for his work on quantum electrodynamics. He died in 1988.