The Quotable Feynman torrent

The Quotable Feynman - Michelle Feynman (ed.) [epub]

Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard P. Feynman (1918-88) was that rarest of creatures--a towering scientific genius who could make himself understood by anyone and who became as famous for the wit and wisdom of his popular lectures and writings as for his fundamental contributions to science. The Quotable Feynman is a treasure-trove of this revered and beloved scientist's most profound, provocative, humorous, and memorable quotations on a wide range of subjects.

Carefully selected by Richard Feynman's daughter, Michelle Feynman, from his spoken and written legacy, including interviews, lectures, letters, articles, and books, the quotations are arranged under two dozen topics. These brief passages vividly demonstrate Feynman's astonishing yet playful intelligence, and his almost constitutional inability to be anything other than unconventional, engaging, and inspiring.

The result is a unique, illuminating, and enjoyable portrait of Feynman's life and thought that will be cherished by his fans at the same time that it provides an ideal introduction to Feynman for readers new to this intriguing and important thinker.

Features:
* Approximately 500 quotations, some of them previously unpublished, arranged by topic
* A foreword by Brian Cox, reflections by Yo-Yo Ma, and a preface by Michelle Feynman
* A chronology of Feynman's life
* Some twenty photos of Feynman
* A section of quotations about Feynman from other notable figures

Hardcover: 432 pages
Publisher: Princeton University Press (September 29, 2015)