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Summary: Interesting book, but perhaps self-contradictory...
Review: What do you care about what other people think? Well, after reading this book (and Surely You're Joking ...), I came to the suspicion that Feynman cared a hell lot about what other people thought of him. I found this book entertaining, but I believe one of the main goals really was to convince the readers how much smarter he was than the rest of us. I understand that it's in fashion for physicists and grad students of physics to rave about anything Feynman. But then, physicists aren't unlike teenage girls who worship rock stars. There are groupies. There are physicists. And then there are groupie physicists.It'd have been nice if there were a book called "Surely You Are Joking, Mr. Schwinger", and the like.
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Summary: Hero worship can blind you to reality
Review: Yes, Feynman was brilliant. Yes, Feynman revolutionized the teaching of physics. Yes, he seems to have been a delightful, charming, handsome, womanizing, fun guy to hang out with. But the Feynman cottage industry ran dry a long time ago. I expect his grocery lists to be published any day now to feed the insatiable hunger for anything that he touched. The essays and articles in this book are bland and nearly worthless. One is introduced as "uproarious." Uproarious is defined as "provoking hilarity." If you think anecdotes about Feynman running up a stairway to bring his heart rate up are hilarious, you are easily amused. This book was a complete waste of time and money.
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