false 5548 20 A thoughtful companion volume to the earlier Surely You Are Joking Mr. Feynman!. Perhaps the most intriguing parts of the book are the behind-the-scenes descriptions of science and policy colliding in the presidential commission to determine the cause of the Challenger space shuttle explosion; and the scientific sleuthing behind his famously elegant O-ring-in-ice-water demonstration. Not as rollicking as his other memoirs, but in some ways more profound. 54737 book 1988 What Do You Care What Other People Think? Further Adventures of a Curious Character total:1218|5:480|4:530|3:187|2:19|1:2| 1218 5121 1614 100 3 1 true false Tue Feb 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Aug 06 12:21:34 -0700 2007 Tue Feb 26 15:46:45 -0800 2008 Surely You're Joking, the seminal work of a curious character. So here goes...

What Do You Care was pretty good but there was a lot of focus on the Challenger explosion, perhaps more than someone looking for a light, ...more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Mar 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 24 22:16:58 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 27 09:56:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Oct 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 06:26:47 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 06:42:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false true Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 00:53:35 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 01:37:49 -0700 2009
There was one part that needs a little attention. He talked about the design of engines being either top down or bottom up. When you design things bottom up (on piec...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Apr 15 02:15:05 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 02:23:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Jul 24 16:21:07 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 06:17:26 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 16:21:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Nov 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 17:22:17 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 21:06:39 -0800 2009 2 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Mar 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 02 03:17:57 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 26 17:43:35 -0700 2009
The personal-lif...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Aug 03 09:38:05 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 15:03:26 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Mar 24 11:20:04 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 11:29:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Sep 11 07:28:50 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 20:57:23 -0700 2009 Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman. This book focuses on two events: the death of his first wife, and his involvement in the investigation of the Challenger disaster. The self-effacing, try-anything attitude of the first book doesn't come out so...more...]]> 4 0 true false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Wed Nov 26 16:58:51 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 16:58:51 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 22 13:24:37 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 13 17:31:17 -0700 2008
I can't even find words to describe how awesome, human and relevant Feynm...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 24 07:43:37 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 07:46:19 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Sun Nov 23 03:32:30 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 03:35:42 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jun 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 24 11:45:32 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 14 13:22:52 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Sep 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 17:33:42 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 17:39:22 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Nov 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 27 14:13:16 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 27 14:17:03 -0800 2008
Also good was the continuous point about NASA's lack of communication- it seems to be unfortunately common in any large organization.]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 29 12:32:18 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 29 12:43:46 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1989 Sun May 03 19:01:30 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 19:04:33 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=5548