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My friend suggested this book to me saying "this was written by a physicist who can actually write!" This book is basically a collection of short stories from the life of physicist Richard Feynman. Feynman contributed a lot to the scientific community and is an all around awesome guy who had many varied interests including biology, bongos, tambourine, lock picking, code breaking, and of course, math and physics. I was at first a little frustrated by the tone in the beginning where he regales the
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After reading this book, I think of Richard Feynman as being arrogant, inconsiderate, a bit of a womanizer, and generally not someone I would want to hang out with. At the same time, you've got to respect just how smart this guy was and the stories were pretty entertaining. I loved how real his voice was and a lot of his little anecdotes had me laughing out loud. I read several passages aloud to Joseph so he could share in the joke, and when I finished the book I left it on his bedside table wit
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Feyman is a terrific physicist and a fascinating person, but this memoir isn’t all that terrific or fascinating. It’s not uninteresting, but I found it rambling and rather pointless. Although he shows a certain sense of modesty and humor about himself, his writing style, or lack of it, gets tedious.
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With a 4.32 average rating, this must be good.
Well, Dick is an appropriate name.
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