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  The Pleasure of Finding Things Out

  The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman

  by Richard P. Feynman

  An unparalleled collection of the timeless writings of one of science's most beloved and original thinkers. The Pleasure of Finding Things Out is a magnificent treasury of the best short works of Richard Feynman-from interviews and speeches to lectures and printed articles. A sweeping, wide-ranging collection, it presents an intimate and fascinating view of a life in science-a life like no other. ... (more)
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  The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen Scientist (Helix Books)

  by Richard P. Feynman

  Many appreciate Richard P. Feynman’s contributions to twentieth-century physics, but few realize how engaged he was with the world around him—how deeply and thoughtfully he considered the religious, political, and social issues of his day. Now, a wonderful book—based on a previously unpublished, three-part public lecture he gave at the University of Washington in 1963—shows us this other side of Feynman, as he... (more)
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  Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!

  by Richard P. Feynman, Edward Hutchings, Ralph Leighton

  The outrageous exploits of one of this century's greatest scientific minds and a legendary American original. In this phenomenal national bestseller, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard P. Feynman recounts in his inimitable voice his adventures trading ideas on atomic physics with Einstein and Bohr and ideas on gambling with Nick the Greek, painting a naked female toreador, accompanying a ballet on his bongo... (more)
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  Genius

  The Life and Science of Richard Feynman

  by James Gleick

  From the author of the national bestseller Chaos comes an outstanding biography of one of the most dazzling and flamboyant scientists of the 20th century that "not only paints a highly attractive portrait of Feynman but also . . . makes for a stimulating adventure in the annals of science" (The New York Times). 16 pages of photos.
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  Six Pieces: Book 1

  Six Easy Pieces

  Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher

  by Paul Davies, Robert B. Leighton, Matthew L. Sands, Richard P. Feynman

  Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher is a publishing first. This set couples a book containing the six easiest chapters from Richard P. Feynman’s landmark work, Lectures on Physics —specifically designed for the general, non-scientist reader—with the actual recordings of the late, great physicist delivering the lectures on which the chapters are based. Nobel Laureate... (more)
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  Feynman Lectures of Physics

  by Richard P. Feynman

  Eagerly awaited by scientists and academics worldwide, the first of the complete recordings of Feynman's famous Lectures on Physics , now on CD. Basic Books is proud to announce the first volumes of the complete audio CD collection of the recorded lectures delivered by the late Richard P. Feynman, lectures originally delivered to his physics students at Caltech and later fashioned by the author into his... (more)
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  Rainhut

  by Robert G. Adamson III

  From the Manhattan Project to the future and beyond, Rainhut is a science fiction adventure novel that proves intellectually and spiritually satisfying. When a hand-picked team of brilliant but eccentric scientists are brought together at a secret research facility on the island of Kauai, they are challenged with finding solutions to mankind's most difficult unsolved problems. Gambling everything, the team parts... (more)