Surely you're joking Book Summary by by Richard p. Feynman

 Richard Feynman, Nobel laureate in physics, needs no introduction among professional circles and science enthusiasts. Feynman has inspired his generation more than many great people. Besides being an extremely talented theoretical physicist, he was a super trouble-shooter. This edited autobiography subtitled adventures of a curious character has many humorous pranks, and anecdotes of his life such as safe-cracking, learning foreign language just to give speech at foreign countries, participating in different interests such as biology, philosophy, art, and samba music, and also includes some touching stories of his wife, Arliene.

 

Feynman once gave presentation in front of many great minds of twentieth century, like Albert Einstein. Feynman puts his nervousness around Albert Einstein in his book, and simultaneously describes his ability to concentrate on explaining physics. "los Alamos from below" is probably the most interesting part of the book, he tells us about what happened to him during Manhattan project such as his interests in safe cracking, and the pranks he pulled to his fellow colleagues and higher ups. He would go into the lab, and just by observing, he could tell why the experiment didn't work. He had a rare combination of imagination and logic. And it is seen through the book

 

Feynman pulled many tricks and pranks in MIT, one time; he took the door from his friend's dorm room, and tricked everybody to believe it was not him, even though he said that he did it. Feynman was invited to give a lecture in Brazil, and that was the time he learned Portuguese. Later in his book, he describes the trip to Japan, and learning Japanese. He sincerely criticized educational system for prioritizing grades over true knowledge. His fondness for bongo drum is what brings some anecdotes from recordings with his drumming partner, Ralph Leighton, to this book. This book also covers his life with women, bars, and interesting conversations. Probably, the most interesting conversation was between Feynman and a painter who came to paint the walls in a restaurant.

 

His wife, Arliene, died of tuberculosis during he was working on Manhattan project. he explains his life with her, and the funny exchange of letters during the censorship in the middle of second world war. he wrote an extremely touching letter to his wife Arliene after her death, which also tells a lot about his personality, but you would have to it in some external source, since this letter is not mentioned in the book.

 

Richard Feynman lived a full life, without regrets, and fears. He was always in his words "fiddling around everywhere". His contribution on physics is incredibly important and influential, and he never done physics for the glory of winning awards or the money, he did it because he was insatiably curious and just for the fun of it.

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