*Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!* by Richard Feynman / Ralph Leighton Publisher: Hunan Science and Technology Press

About the book · · · · · ·
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" is Richard Feynman's most famous autobiography, a collection of anecdotal stories gathered randomly and joyfully over seven years of drumming with Ralph Leighton. It's astonishing how many wonderful and crazy things happened in one person's lifetime: pranking classmates in his university dorm, observing ants, imitating hunting dogs sniffing for scent, incredible computational abilities, cracking nine safes containing top-secret atomic bomb documents, fighting in a bar restroom, watching nude dances, playing samba drums in Brazil, the embarrassment of learning Japanese, being quite good at drawing, fooling psychiatrists, deciphering ancient Mayan astronomical texts, and so on. These hilarious stories showcase Feynman's candid and honest character, his free spirit, and his creative thinking. Physics research, the central axis of his life, was actually just a toy that this great player approached with all his curiosity and passion.

About the author · · · · · ·
Richard Feynman (1918-1988)

Born in Far Rockaway, New York City, he received his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1942. During World War II, he made important contributions to the development of the atomic bomb. After the war, Feynman taught at Cornell University and the California Institute of Technology. In 1965, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his research in quantum electrodynamics. In addition to being a scientist, Feynman was also a storyteller, artist, bongo player, and code-breaker at different times.