pt. I. A curious character. The making of a scientist -- "What do you care what other people think?" -- It's as simple as one, two three ... --- Getting ahead -- Hotel city -- Who the hell is Herman? -- Feynman sexist pig! -- I just shook his hand, can you believe it? -- Letters, photos, and drawings -- pt. II. Mr. Feynman goes to Washington: investigating the space shuttle Challenger disaster. Preliminaries -- Committing suicide -- The cold facts -- Check six! -- Gumshoes -- Fantastic figures -- An inflamed appendix -- The tenth recommendation -- Meet the press -- Afterthoughts -- Appendix F: Personal observations on the reliability of the shuttle -- Epilogue.
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"Here is the story of how two people most influenced Feynman's early years-his father, who taught him to think, and his first wife Arlene who taught him to love, even as she lay dying in an Albuquerque hospital while Feynman worked nearby, on the atomic bomb at Los Alamos. And here are lighter moments, some told through letters, as Feynman reports from Geneva, Trinidad, Greece, and Japan on the effects this curious character has had on the locals. The second half of the book...is Feynman's behind-the-scenes account of the investigation that followed the space shuttle Challenger's explosion in January 1986"--Jacket.
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.
Feynman, Richard P., (Richard Phillips),1918-1988.
Feynman, Richard Phillips.
Feynman, Richard Philips, 1918-1988
Feynman, Richard Phillips.
Feynman, Richard P., (Richard Phillips),1918-1988.
Feynman, Richard Phillips.
Challenger (Spacecraft)
Challenger (Spacecraft)
Physicists-- United States, Biography.
Science, Anecdotes.
Space shuttles-- Accidents-- Investigation.
Physics.
Science.
fizikus-- amerikai-- 20. sz.-- önéletrajz
Physicists-- United States-- Biography
Science-- Anecdotes
Physiciens-- États-Unis, Biographies.
Sciences, Anecdotes.
Autobiografie
Natuurkundigen.
Physicists.
Science.
Space shuttles-- Accidents-- Investigation.
United States.
United States.
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Feynman, Richard P., (Richard Phillips),1918-1988.