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The pleasure of finding things out : the best short works of Richard P. Feynman, by Richard P. Feynman ; edited by Jeffrey Robbins ; foreword by Freeman Dyson
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- Summary
- A treasury of short writings by twentieth-century American physicist Richard Feynman, including interviews, speeches, lectures, and printed articles, in which he shares details of his private life, his work on the atomic bomb, and his conclusions on the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xvi, 270 pages
- Note
- Includes index
- Contents
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- The pleasure of finding things out
- Computing machines in the future
- Los Alamos from below
- What is and what should be the role of scientific culture in modern society
- There's plenty of room at the bottom
- The value of science
- Richard P. Feynman's minority report to the space shuttle Challenger inquiry
- What is science?
- The smartest man in the world
- Cargo cult science: some remarks on science, pseudoscience, and learning how to not fool yourself
- It's as simple as one, two, three
- Richard Feynman builds a universe
- The relation of science and religion
- Isbn
- 9780738201085
- Label
- The pleasure of finding things out : the best short works of Richard P. Feynman
- Title
- The pleasure of finding things out
- Title remainder
- the best short works of Richard P. Feynman
- Statement of responsibility
- by Richard P. Feynman ; edited by Jeffrey Robbins ; foreword by Freeman Dyson
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A treasury of short writings by twentieth-century American physicist Richard Feynman, including interviews, speeches, lectures, and printed articles, in which he shares details of his private life, his work on the atomic bomb, and his conclusions on the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger
- Cataloging source
- DLC
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- 1918-1988
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Feynman, Richard P.
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Robbins, Jeffrey
- Series statement
- Helix books
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- Science
- Science
- Natuurkunde
- Label
- The pleasure of finding things out : the best short works of Richard P. Feynman, by Richard P. Feynman ; edited by Jeffrey Robbins ; foreword by Freeman Dyson
- Note
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
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- text
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- Contents
- The pleasure of finding things out -- Computing machines in the future -- Los Alamos from below -- What is and what should be the role of scientific culture in modern society -- There's plenty of room at the bottom -- The value of science -- Richard P. Feynman's minority report to the space shuttle Challenger inquiry -- What is science? -- The smartest man in the world -- Cargo cult science: some remarks on science, pseudoscience, and learning how to not fool yourself -- It's as simple as one, two, three -- Richard Feynman builds a universe -- The relation of science and religion
- Control code
- 42564066
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- xvi, 270 pages
- Isbn
- 9780738201085
- Lccn
- 99064775
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)42564066
- Label
- The pleasure of finding things out : the best short works of Richard P. Feynman, by Richard P. Feynman ; edited by Jeffrey Robbins ; foreword by Freeman Dyson
- Note
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The pleasure of finding things out -- Computing machines in the future -- Los Alamos from below -- What is and what should be the role of scientific culture in modern society -- There's plenty of room at the bottom -- The value of science -- Richard P. Feynman's minority report to the space shuttle Challenger inquiry -- What is science? -- The smartest man in the world -- Cargo cult science: some remarks on science, pseudoscience, and learning how to not fool yourself -- It's as simple as one, two, three -- Richard Feynman builds a universe -- The relation of science and religion
- Control code
- 42564066
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- xvi, 270 pages
- Isbn
- 9780738201085
- Lccn
- 99064775
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)42564066
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