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Not related directly to the article, but I wanted to quickly and highly recommend the book "Surely you're Joking, Mr. Feynman" which they referenced. A fantast
by dylanz 11y ago
Not related directly to the article, but I wanted to quickly and highly recommend the book "Surely you're Joking, Mr. Feynman" which they referenced. A fantastic and very fun read.
- JadeNB 11y agoThe first time I read that, I was charmed and amused. The next time I read it, after progressing farther in my own studies, I found Feynman's voice and self-described persona unbelieveably arrogant. Certainly he has earned the right to that arrogance, but it makes the book and its fascinating stories much harder for me to enjoy. I now prefer to stick with his scientific, rather than personal, books, but, despite my best attempts to ignore it, even my enjoyment of those scientific works is diminished by what I perceive of his personality, and I wish now that I hadn't gone back and re-read his biographic works.