Bibliograph

The pleasure of finding things out, the best short works of Richard P. Feynman, by Richard P. Feynman ; edited by Jeffrey Robbins ; foreword by Freeman Dyson

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Label

The pleasure of finding things out, the best short works of Richard P. Feynman, by Richard P. Feynman ; edited by Jeffrey Robbins ; foreword by Freeman Dyson

Language

eng

Index

index present

Intended audience

1150, Lexile

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The pleasure of finding things out

Oclc number

24579842564066

Responsibility statement

by Richard P. Feynman ; edited by Jeffrey Robbins ; foreword by Freeman Dyson

Series statement

Helix booksHelix book

Sub title

the best short works of Richard P. Feynman

Table Of Contents

The pleasure of finding things out -- Computing machines in the future -- Los Alamos from below -- What is and what should be the role of scientific culture in modern society -- There's plenty of room at the bottom -- The value of science -- Richard P. Feynman's minority report to the space shuttle Challenger inquiry -- What is science? -- The smartest man in the world -- Cargo cult science: some remarks on science, pseudoscience, and learning how to not fool yourself -- It's as simple as one, two, three -- Richard Feynman builds a universe -- The relation of science and religion

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