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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.
A treasury of short writings by twentieth-century American physicist Richard Feynman, including interviews, speeches, lectures, and printed articles, in which he shares details of his private life, his work on the atomic bomb, and his conclusions on the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger.
Record details
- ISBN: 0738201081
- ISBN: 9780738201085
- ISBN: 0738203491
- ISBN: 9780738203492
- Physical Description: xvi, 270 pages ; 22 cm.
- Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Perseus Books, ©1999.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- 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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- 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lummi Library | Q 171 .F49 1999 | 289928 | Stacks | Available | - |
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