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The quotable Feynman / edited by Michelle Feynman.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2016Edition: [Enhanced Credo edition]Description: 1 online resource (38 entries) : 29 images ; digital filesContent type:
  • still image
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781785398582
Uniform titles:
  • Quotations. Selections
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 081 23
LOC classification:
  • QC16.F49 A25 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
A brief note on sources -- Foreword / by Brian Cox -- Reflections on Richard Feynman / by Yo-Yo Ma -- Preface: my quotable father / by Michelle Feynman -- Chronology -- Youth -- Family -- Autobiographical -- Art, music, and poetry -- Nature -- Imagination -- Humor -- Love -- Philosophy and religion -- Nature of science -- Curiosity and discovery -- How physicists think -- The quantum world -- Science and society -- Mathematics -- Technology -- War -- Challenger -- Politics -- Doubt and uncertainty -- Education and teaching -- Advice and inspiration -- Intelligence -- The Nobel Prize -- Worldview -- The Future -- Honoring Richard Feynman -- Acknowledgments -- Photo Credits -- Sources.
Abstract: Carefully selected by Richard Feynman's daughter, Michelle Feynman, from his spoken and written legacy, including interviews, lectures, letters, articles, and books, the quotations are arranged under two dozen topics--from art, childhood, discovery, family, imagination, and humor to mathematics, politics, science, religion, and uncertainty.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Ebook Ebook NMC Library Credo Reference Online QC16.F49 A25 2015 EBOOK (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available online - NMC Login required 518741

Includes bibliographical references.

A brief note on sources -- Foreword / by Brian Cox -- Reflections on Richard Feynman / by Yo-Yo Ma -- Preface: my quotable father / by Michelle Feynman -- Chronology -- Youth -- Family -- Autobiographical -- Art, music, and poetry -- Nature -- Imagination -- Humor -- Love -- Philosophy and religion -- Nature of science -- Curiosity and discovery -- How physicists think -- The quantum world -- Science and society -- Mathematics -- Technology -- War -- Challenger -- Politics -- Doubt and uncertainty -- Education and teaching -- Advice and inspiration -- Intelligence -- The Nobel Prize -- Worldview -- The Future -- Honoring Richard Feynman -- Acknowledgments -- Photo Credits -- Sources.

Carefully selected by Richard Feynman's daughter, Michelle Feynman, from his spoken and written legacy, including interviews, lectures, letters, articles, and books, the quotations are arranged under two dozen topics--from art, childhood, discovery, family, imagination, and humor to mathematics, politics, science, religion, and uncertainty.

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