Surely You're Joking,Mr Feynman

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1、"Surely You'reJoking, Mr.Feynman!"byRichard P.FeynmanNDARYAMONGHISCOLLEAGUESFORHISBRILLIANCE ANDHISECCENTRICITY...IT'SHARDNOTTOSMILEALLTHE WAYTHROUGH."NewsweekRichard Feynmanwonthe Nobelprizeinphysics,isone ofthe world'sgreatest theoreticalphysicists,and isa manwhohasfallen,oftenjumped

2、,intooutrageousadventure.Hehasbeenraising eyebrowsever since he shocked a dean'swife atPrinceton and she wasmoved to exclaim:"Surely you're joking,Mr.Feynman!""ASTORYTELLERINTHE TRADITIONOFMARKTWAIN.HEPROVESONCEAGAINTHATIT ISPOSSIBLE TOLAUGHOUTLOUDANDSCRATCHYOURHEADATTHE SAME TIME!"The

3、NewYork TimesBookReviewFeynmanissurelythe onlypersoninhistorytosolve the mysteryofliquid helium and to be commissioned to painta naked female toreador;to expertlycrack the uncrackable safesguarding the Atomic Bomb'smostcriticalsecretsand toplaya skillful frigideira ina Braziliansamba b

4、and.He hastradedideaswithEinsteinand Bohr; discussed gambling oddswithNick the Greek;andaccompanied a balletonthe bongo drums."FEYNMAN'SBUMPTIOUSREFUSAL TOTAKEANYPROPOSITIONONSECONDHANDORHEARSAYEVIDENCE,HISPRISTINE CURIOSITYABOUTHOWTHINGSWORK,ISCLOSELYRELATEDTOTHEGIFTSTHATUNDERLIE DIST

5、INGUISHEDSCIENCE...ALL OFUSCOULDSTANDSOME STRETCHINGINTHE FEYNMANDIRECTION.ITMIGHT EVENBEFUN!" TheWashingtonPostWovenwithhisscintillating viewsonsciencetoday,Feynman'sastonishing life storyisa combustible mixture ofhighintelligence, unlimited curiosity,eternal skepticism,and raging chu

6、tzpah."BOOKSLIKETHISARE TEMPTATIONSTOGIVEUPREADINGANDDEVOTELIFE TOREREADING...THE BOOKISALITMUSPAPER: ANYONE WHOCANREADITWITHOUT LAUGHINGOUT LOUDISBADCRAZY!'LosAngelesTimesBookReviewThis lowpriced Bantam Bookhas been completely reset in a type facedesigned for easy reading, and was pri

7、ntedfrom new plates. It contains the completetext of the original hardcover edition .NOT ONE WORD HAS BEEN OMITTED. "SURELYYOU'REJOKING,MR FEYNMAN!"A Bantam Bookpublished by arrangement withWW. Norton Company, Inc. PRINTING HISTORYW.W. Norton edition published February 19859 printing