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

作者 Ralph著Richard P. Feynman著Edward Hutchings编
出版社 Vintage
出版时间 1992年6月第1版
ISBN 9780099173311
定价 98.00

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'.