What Do You Care What Other People Think?

E1164

"What Do You Care What Other People Think?" is a posthumously published autobiographical book by physicist Richard Feynman that collects personal anecdotes, reflections on science, and his role in the investigation of the Challenger disaster.


Statements (46)
Predicate Object
instanceOf autobiographical book
book
author Richard Feynman
coAuthor Ralph Leighton
countryOfOrigin United States
follows Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!
genre autobiography
memoir
popular science
hasAudience general readers
readers interested in science
readers interested in the Challenger disaster
hasFormat audiobook
hardcover
paperback
hasPart “Mr. Feynman Goes to Washington” (Part 2)
“What Do You Care What Other People Think?” (Part 1)
hasTheme independence of thought
integrity in science
intellectual curiosity
relationship between science and bureaucracy
includes accounts of the Challenger investigation
personal anecdotes
reflections on science
isPosthumous true
libraryOfCongressClassification QC16.F49
mainCharacter Richard Feynman
mediaType print
notableFor description of Feynman’s role on the Rogers Commission
famous O-ring demonstration explanation
originalLanguage English
publicationDate 1988
publisher W. W. Norton & Company
relatedWork Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!
setting Los Alamos
Rogers Commission hearings
United States
subject Challenger disaster
Richard Feynman
physics
science
scientific investigation
timePeriodCovered 20th century
Feynman’s childhood
Feynman’s work on the Challenger investigation
titleOrigin question asked by Arline Feynman

Referenced by (10)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
What Do You Care What Other People Think? ("“What Do You Care What Other People Think?” (Part 1)")
What Do You Care What Other People Think? ("“What Do You Care What Other People Think?” (title essay)")
hasPart
Ralph Leighton
Richard Feynman
notableWork
"Mr. Feynman Goes to Washington" (Part 2) (""What Do You Care What Other People Think?"")
Reflections on Science
partOf
Ralph Leighton ("What Do You Care What Other People Think? with Richard Feynman")
coAuthored
Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!
hasSequel
Arline Greenbaum
mentionedIn
Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track: The Letters of Richard P. Feynman
relatedWork

Please wait…