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# Nobel Prize-winning insights 5-part life journey Humor-packed anecdotes Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character)

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## Summary

> 📖 Unlock the curious genius within – where science meets laughter and life’s wild experiments!

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## Key Features

- • **Fuel Your Own Curiosity:** Be inspired by Feynman’s fearless experimentation and unconventional approach to learning.
- • **Laugh Out Loud with Every Page:** Enjoy witty, hilarious stories that make science and life irresistibly entertaining.
- • **Dive into a 5-Part Life Odyssey:** Explore Feynman's early years to his iconic professor days in bite-sized, captivating chapters.
- • **Join a Community of Eager Minds:** Join thousands of readers who’ve made this a top-ranked, must-have science memoir.
- • **Experience Nobel-Winning Curiosity:** Gain rare access to the mind of a genius who revolutionized physics and life experiments alike.

## Overview

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! is a bestselling memoir featuring Nobel laureate Richard P. Feynman’s witty and insightful life stories. Spanning five key periods, this book blends humor, curiosity, and groundbreaking scientific adventures, making it a beloved classic among science enthusiasts and lifelong learners alike.

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Review: Must read for eager minds - Feynman's brilliant and eccentric personality charms through the pages of this wonderful book. His curiosity is contagious and makes you want to live life as full as he did.
Review: Excellent short stories of a curious character indeed - "Surely you're joking, Mr Feynman" has been on my reading list for a long time, but I never got myself to actually read it. Now I did and I'm glad I did because I found it one of the most funny and insightful books that I've read recently. It's a biography but consisting of short stories of interesting events that happened in the life of Nobel Prize Winner Richard Feynman who seemed to have a special talent of getting himself into interesting situations. The book consist of 5 parts, which are roughly equal to five important periods in Feynman's life. These are: 1) His early pre-university life, 2) His university life, 3) Involvement in the Manhattan project, 4) Early years as a professor, and 5) Later years as a physicist and professor. Each of these parts consist of small chapters that tell a situation (usually funny or weird) in which he got himself and his usually odd reactions in that situation. Throughout the book, there is this honest, smart, jokingly view on life. Feynman did experiments. Not just experiments in physics but experiments in life. He would try out things to see if he could do it or to see how people would react. That attitude of experimenting and learning always got him in weird situations and this book is full of those. Example? As a boy trying to imitate Italian (and getting away with it). Removing doors from classmates and so honestly admitting that he did it that nobody believed him (hilarious!). Pick-locking safes. Playing Brazilian instruments. Doing out to Vegas to hand out with gamblers and show women. Proof reading secondary school science books and actually reading them :) This was one of these books which I found myself laughing out loud quite often. Many of the stories made such an impression that I went off to tell other people about it as they stuck with me (especially the genius experiment with water, a glass and a tip). Everytime when I read more of it, I got more excited about the book and I was actually very sad when I finished the book. It is a book I'll probably re-read (and enjoy as much the second time). It isn't a book about physics or about a specific topic, it is purely a book about Richard Feynman... a curious character... indeed. Five stars, recommended for people who want to read an interesting and fun book.

## Features

- memoir and outrageous observations of physicist Richard P. Feynman

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #247,869 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #3 in Science Essays & Commentary (Books) #7 in Scientist Biographies #89 in Physics (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 13,048 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Must read for eager minds
*by L***E on November 9, 2025*

Feynman's brilliant and eccentric personality charms through the pages of this wonderful book. His curiosity is contagious and makes you want to live life as full as he did.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent short stories of a curious character indeed
*by B***E on April 23, 2013*

"Surely you're joking, Mr Feynman" has been on my reading list for a long time, but I never got myself to actually read it. Now I did and I'm glad I did because I found it one of the most funny and insightful books that I've read recently. It's a biography but consisting of short stories of interesting events that happened in the life of Nobel Prize Winner Richard Feynman who seemed to have a special talent of getting himself into interesting situations. The book consist of 5 parts, which are roughly equal to five important periods in Feynman's life. These are: 1) His early pre-university life, 2) His university life, 3) Involvement in the Manhattan project, 4) Early years as a professor, and 5) Later years as a physicist and professor. Each of these parts consist of small chapters that tell a situation (usually funny or weird) in which he got himself and his usually odd reactions in that situation. Throughout the book, there is this honest, smart, jokingly view on life. Feynman did experiments. Not just experiments in physics but experiments in life. He would try out things to see if he could do it or to see how people would react. That attitude of experimenting and learning always got him in weird situations and this book is full of those. Example? As a boy trying to imitate Italian (and getting away with it). Removing doors from classmates and so honestly admitting that he did it that nobody believed him (hilarious!). Pick-locking safes. Playing Brazilian instruments. Doing out to Vegas to hand out with gamblers and show women. Proof reading secondary school science books and actually reading them :) This was one of these books which I found myself laughing out loud quite often. Many of the stories made such an impression that I went off to tell other people about it as they stuck with me (especially the genius experiment with water, a glass and a tip). Everytime when I read more of it, I got more excited about the book and I was actually very sad when I finished the book. It is a book I'll probably re-read (and enjoy as much the second time). It isn't a book about physics or about a specific topic, it is purely a book about Richard Feynman... a curious character... indeed. Five stars, recommended for people who want to read an interesting and fun book.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great book, good read! Would not recommend for school projects though.
*by X***I on May 22, 2020*

The book is a great piece of literature that demonstrates the lack of necessity for there to be a continuous progression of story in books today. Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman! is an excellent collection of stories from throughout Richard Feynman's Life, and is a great tale of in a way, what everyone could be if we all just had a little bit of a more creative mind. He doesn't have any particular special trait that makes him a great person, it's just that he is curious, and that leads him down the great paths in life that he goes down, from his house as a child fixing radios, to great schools such as MIT and Princeton. I find in particular that his open-mind leads to a lot of friends and opportunities, such as being curious enough that he joined a biology class in grad school while knowing little in the way of biology. The places where he goes is a demonstration of sorts of Richard Feynman's progression as a character. he begins as a child and progresses to MIT, where it's clear he knows more, but his knowledge is not fully developed. After, progressing to MIT, then to Princeton, then to work for the US developing the nuclear bomb, where it is clear he has gained a lifetime of experience and knowledge. I find his collection of stories remarkable, as he tells about his experiments from watching his dreams, to understanding how ants find their paths. I could not recommend this book for school projects, however, as the stories have extremely connection to each other. I would still recommend this book as a read though, as it is fantastic to hear about how he learned to deal with the fact that one of his first lectures was in front of Einstien, and other fascinating tales. His style is interesting, one I have never seen before, and if you have seen any of his lectures, you will know what I am referring to. In his stories, he never gives all of the details away at once, only what is required. As Bill Gates once put it, "you feel like you are discovering alongside him". This style of teaching is evident in his story, as when he talks, he talks about the story slowly so that you don't know what will happen until the very end. Again, he represents as a human what everyone could be, just if only they had a little more creativity, and the mind and passion to pursue those traits to whatever path they lead down. I thoroughly believe everyone should read this book, as it is both international, and entertaining

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