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Title: The Pleasure of Finding Things Out and the Meaning of It All by Richard Phillips Feynman ISBN: 0-7382-0795-0 Publisher: Perseus Publishing Pub. Date: 15 October, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00

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Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (4 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Further Feynman
Comment: Yet another glimpse inside the mind of one of the most brilliant and most peculiar physicists of recent times, this book is perfect for those who enjoy physics or even just a good story. If you enjoyed the other semi-scientific Feynman books, you will not be disappointed by this one.

Rating: 5
Summary: A very different book.
Comment: In this series of lectures and interviews, Feynman lays out his, sometimes surprisingly philosophical given his aversion to such things, outlook on science, religion, and life in general. As an added bonus, you get a lecture or two on his "absurd and crazy" ideas, like nanotechnology, that give you a real feel what Feynman was about.

This book held a lot of credibility with me. First, Feynman was a singular individual, unswayed by pomposity and false pretenses, with no hidden agenda, and little desire to have other people like him - a rare thing. Second, the book is poorly written. The editors, on purpose, left it raw and unrefined, just as Feynman spoke it, to let more of Feynman come across. The result is uneven, jarring, and a little hard to read, and this, to me, is a good thing. Whenever I see fresh, sparkling, vibrant prose I don't believe it, because show me a more effective speaker than Hitler or a more electrifying call to action than the "Communist Manifesto". Without the swaying torrent of rhetoric, the message of the book stands on its own merrit.

Read this book. You'll walk away from it a little wiser.

Rating: 4
Summary: Fun Read - More Insight into the Totality of Feynman's Views
Comment: I had a lot of fun reading this book. We are exposed to a broader array of Feynman's views in his typical iconoclastic and fiercely independent style.

Although Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman and Genius present Feynman as he should be presented, this work is a nice addendum to fill in a few blanks. Good reading.

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