Raghavan, Neeraja
(2009)
"Surely you're joking, mr feynman!" - adventures
of a curious character.
Learning Curve (12).
pp. 60-61.
Abstract
Wouldn't you expect a budding scientist to do more
than fry potatoes in his lab? Here is a book that
promises to give you many more such surprises. I have
read this book at least three times and enjoyed it as
much, if not more, at each reading.
For one thing, it shakes the stereotypical image of an
absent minded (and boring) scientist, pottering about
his dingy laboratory, full of strange mutterings. Indeed,
it makes one wonder if there are many who could be
more sparkling and irresistible in their overflowing wit,
intelligence and verve for living!Feynman's former student Albert R Hibbs captures the
essence of the book in his pithy introduction: “...he
talked to us about physics, his diagrams and equations
helping us to share his understanding
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