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Author Feynman, Richard P. (Richard Phillips), 1918-1988, author.

Title The quotable Feynman / edited by Michelle Feynman.

Publication Info. Princeton [New Jersey] : Princeton University Press, [2015]
Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2016.

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Edition [Enhanced Credo edition]
Description 1 online resource (38 entries) : 29 images ; digital files
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
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.
Access Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
Summary 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.
System Details Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Local Note Credo Reference.
Credo Reference General Reference
Subject Feynman, Richard P. (Richard Phillips), 1918-1988 -- Quotations.
Feynman, Richard P. (Richard Phillips), 1918-1988.
Genre/Form Quotations.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
Biographies.
Quotations.
Added Author Feynman, Michelle, editor.
Credo Reference (Firm), distributor.
Added Title Quotations. Selections https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2015081469
Other Form: Print version: 0691153035 9780691153032 (DLC) 2015022699 xxiv, 405 pages : illustrations
ISBN 9781785398582 electronic version
9780691153032 hardcover : acid-free paper