Adventures of a Curious Character. As Told to Ralph Leighton.
New York, W.W. Norton & Company, 1985
A beautiful copy. First edition, first printing. A lovely copy in uncommonly good condition. The orange dust jacket and binding of this book are notoriously prone to fading, but this one is remarkably bright and attractive.
Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman is one of the most popular scientific memoirs of all time, by the Nobel Prize-winning physicist whose clear descriptions of complex scientific concepts led to his nickname 'The Great Explainer'. In a series of humorous and poignant short stories the famous physicist describes his childhood and developing interest in science, his college education and work on the Manhattan Project, and his career at Cornell and Caltech. Among the memorable episodes are Feynman's bungled attempt to request an anatomical "map of the cat" at the library, his safe cracking escapades at Los Alamos, the tragic death of his first wife, and his exasperated reaction to winning the Nobel Prize. Uniting all the stories is Feynman's thoughtful approach to the scientific method and its meaning in the modern world.
First edition; 8vo; front endpapers tanned from inserted material but otherwise contents fresh, very small bump to the top corner of the text block; cloth bright and fresh, an excellent copy in the bright dust jacket with only minor fading of the spine panel and a few tiny nicks at the edges; 350pp.
Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman is one of the most popular scientific memoirs of all time, by the Nobel Prize-winning physicist whose clear descriptions of complex scientific concepts led to his nickname 'The Great Explainer'. In a series of humorous and poignant short stories the famous physicist describes his childhood and developing interest in science, his college education and work on the Manhattan Project, and his career at Cornell and Caltech. Among the memorable episodes are Feynman's bungled attempt to request an anatomical "map of the cat" at the library, his safe cracking escapades at Los Alamos, the tragic death of his first wife, and his exasperated reaction to winning the Nobel Prize. Uniting all the stories is Feynman's thoughtful approach to the scientific method and its meaning in the modern world.
First edition; 8vo; front endpapers tanned from inserted material but otherwise contents fresh, very small bump to the top corner of the text block; cloth bright and fresh, an excellent copy in the bright dust jacket with only minor fading of the spine panel and a few tiny nicks at the edges; 350pp.
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