Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!

Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!

This book is a collection of anecdotes from the life of Richard Feynman, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist. Rather than focusing solely on his scientific achievements, the book showcases his curiosity, unconventional thinking, and irreverent attitude toward authority and tradition. Feynman narrates his experiences—from cracking safes at Los Alamos to learning how to draw and playing in Brazilian samba bands—demonstrating how he approached life with playfulness, skepticism, and a relentless desire to learn.

The book is structured as a series of informal stories, each revealing a different facet of Feynman’s personality: his love for problem-solving, his resistance to blind obedience, his scientific rigor, and his passion for exploration beyond physics.


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