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What do YOU care what other people think?, further adventures of a curious character, Richard P. Feynman, as told to Ralph Leighton

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What do YOU care what other people think?, further adventures of a curious character, Richard P. Feynman, as told to Ralph Leighton

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

What do YOU care what other people think?

Oclc number

18224735

Responsibility statement

Richard P. Feynman, as told to Ralph Leighton

Sub title

further adventures of a curious character

Summary

One of the greatest physicists of the twentieth century, Richard Feynman possessed an unquenchable thirst for adventure and an unparalleled ability to tell the stories of his life

Table Of Contents

pt. I. A curious character. The making of a scientist -- "What do you care what other people think?" -- It's as simple as one, two three... --- Getting ahead -- Hotel city -- Who the hell is Herman? -- Feynman sexist pig! -- I just shook his hand, can you believe it? -- Letters, photos, and drawings -- pt. II. Mr. Feynman goes to Washington: investigating the space shuttle Challenger disaster. Preliminaries -- Committing suicide -- The cold facts -- Check six! -- Gumshoes -- Fantastic figures -- An inflamed appendix -- The tenth recommendation -- Meet the press -- Afterthoughts -- Appendix F: Personal observations on the reliability of the shuttle -- Epilogue

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