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Loading... 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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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. 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. 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!
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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. No library descriptions found. |
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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. ( )