Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!
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Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! is a popular autobiographical collection of humorous and insightful anecdotes by physicist Richard Feynman, showcasing his curious, irreverent approach to science and life.
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autobiographical collection
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book → essay collection → memoir → |
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Richard Feynman
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| basedOn |
life of Richard Feynman
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| coAuthor |
Ralph Leighton
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| depicts |
Feynman’s teaching at Caltech
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| features |
dialogue-based recollections
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| genre |
autobiography
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humor → popular science → |
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hardcover
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paperback → |
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What Do You Care What Other People Think?
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| intendedAudience |
general readers
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science enthusiasts → |
| language |
English
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| mainCharacter |
Richard Feynman
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print
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| narrativePerspective |
first person
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| notableEpisode |
Feynman learning to play the bongos
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Feynman’s adventures in Brazil → Feynman’s experiences at Princeton → Feynman’s experiences at strip clubs → Feynman’s work on the atomic bomb → safe-cracking at Los Alamos → |
| notableFor |
making physics and science culture accessible
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popularizing Feynman’s persona → |
| publicationYear |
1985
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| publisher |
W. W. Norton & Company
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| structure |
collection of anecdotes
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| subject |
Los Alamos Laboratory
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Manhattan Project → curiosity → education → physics → practical jokes → scientific method → scientific research → |
| theme |
importance of questioning
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intellectual honesty → joy of discovery → playfulness in science → skepticism toward authority → |
| timePeriodCovered |
mid-20th century
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| titleOrigin |
remark made to Feynman at a formal event
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| tone |
humorous
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informal → irreverent → |
Referenced by (10)
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Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track: The Letters of Richard P. Feynman
("Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!")
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What Do You Care What Other People Think? → What Do You Care What Other People Think? → |
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What Do You Care What Other People Think?
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What Do You Care What Other People Think? → |
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Ralph Leighton
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Richard Feynman → |
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Ralph Leighton
("Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! with Richard Feynman")
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Arline Greenbaum
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Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!
("Feynman’s adventures in Brazil")
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