Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!
 1989 paperback edition | |
| Author | Richard Feynman |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Autobiography, Biography, Non-fiction |
| Publisher | W.W. Norton (USA) |
Publication date | 1985 (USA) |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) also Audio book |
| Pages | 350 p. (US hardcover edition) & 322 p. (US paperback edition) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-393-01921-7 (US hardcover edition) Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
| OCLC | 10925248 |
| 530/.092/4 B 19 | |
| LC Class | QC16.F49 A37 1985 |
| Followed by | What Do You Care What Other People Think? |
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character is an edited collection of reminiscences by the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman. The book, released in 1985, covers a variety of instances in Feynman's life. Some are lighthearted in tone, such as his fascination with safe-cracking, fondness for topless bars, and ventures into art and samba music. Others cover more serious material, including his work on the Manhattan Project (during which his first wife Arline Greenbaum died of tuberculosis) and his critique of the science education system in Brazil.
The anecdotes were edited from taped conversations that Feynman had with his close friend and drumming partner Ralph Leighton. Its surprise success led to a sequel entitled What Do You Care What Other People Think?, also taken from Leighton's taped conversations. Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! sold more than 500,000 copies.[citation needed]
The title derives from a woman's response at Princeton University when, after she asked the newly-arrived Feynman if he wanted cream or lemon in his tea, he requested both (not knowing that they would curdle).
Publication data
- Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character, Richard Feynman, Ralph Leighton (contributor), Edward Hutchings (editor), 1985, W W Norton, ISBN 0-393-01921-7, 1997 paperback: ISBN 0-393-31604-1, 2002 Blackstone Audiobooks unabridged audio cassette: ISBN 0-7861-2218-8
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