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What Do You Care What Other People Think?: Further Adventures of a Curious Character (original 1988; edition 2001)

by Richard Phillips Feynman

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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. Here, he offers the last installment of his literary legacy.
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Title:What Do You Care What Other People Think?: Further Adventures of a Curious Character
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What Do You Care What Other People Think?: Further Adventures of a Curious Character by Richard P. Feynman (1988)

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    nandadevi: Feynman's book contains an extended essay on his involvement within the Challenger disaster investigation.
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All the Feynman adventures offer a fascinating and unique perspective into the world of a theoretical physicist in end of 20th century. The filter that Feynman brings to this in addition, is that of a bit of a trouble making, womanizing, principled empiricist.

I enjoy the fiction, the world he creates is fascinating and comes to life despite some mismatch of values and the pretty clear exaggeration of some of his stories.

His accout of the investigation in the Challenger disaster is sound and important reading for any future engineer. Politics does not play well with risky engineering. ( )
  yates9 | Feb 28, 2024 |
The second half about Feynman's work with the Challenger disaster commission is worth the price of admission. ( )
  A.Godhelm | Oct 20, 2023 |
I have a theory that this is not a great first choice to learn about Feynman. The anecdotes are good, the story about Arlene and the account of the Challenger investigation the best, but it's pretty pieced together. I think if I'd started with one of the other Feynman books first (Surely You're Joking, for example) that I might've liked this one better. ( )
  IsraOverZero | Sep 23, 2023 |
Not as compelling at the previous title ("Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman!"), but still a good, inspiring, somewhat fun read. ( )
  zeh | Jun 3, 2023 |
I was afraid that this book might not be on par with [b:"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character|35167685|"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" Adventures of a Curious Character|Richard P. Feynman|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1504936953l/35167685._SX50_.jpg|321174]. But, a few minutes into it, I knew that was not going to be the case. Same great anecdotes from his life, peppered with his train of thought: straightforwardness, getting to the bottom of things, and most importantly, not caring what others think!


You know those signs that appear in the back windows of automobiles – those little yellow diamonds that say BABY ON BOARD, and things like that? You don’t have to tell me there’s a baby on board; I’m gonna drive carefully anyway! What am I supposed to do when I see there’s a baby on board: act differently? As if I’m suddenly gonna drive more carefully and not hit the car because there’s a baby on board, when all I’m trying to do is not hit it anyway.
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  Giedriusz | Oct 16, 2022 |
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I have a friend who is an artist, and he sometimes takes a view which I don’t agree with. He’ll hold up a flower and say, “Look how beautiful it is,” and I’ll agree. But then he’ll say, “I, as an artist, can seee how beautiful a flower is. But you, as a scientist, take it all apart and it becomes dull.” I think he’s kind of nutty.
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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. Here, he offers the last installment of his literary legacy.

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