"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character

A New York Times bestseller—the outrageous exploits of one of this century's greatest scientific minds and a legendary American original.

Richard Feynman, the Nobel Prize in Physics winner, thrived on outrageous adventures. Here he recounts his inimitable voice, his experience trading ideas on atomic physics with Einstein and Bohr and ideas on gambling with Nick the Greek; cracking the uncrackable safes guarding the most deeply held nuclear secrets; accompanying a ballet on his bongo drums; painting a naked female toreador.

In short, Feynman's life in all its eccentric — a combustible mixture of high intelligence, unlimited curiosity, and raging chutzpah.