The Pleasure of Finding Things Outis a magnificent treasury of the best short works of Richard Feynman -- from
interviews and speeches to lectures and printed articles. A sweeping, wide-ranging collection, it presents an intimate
and fascinating view of a life in science-a life like no other. From his ruminations on science in our culture
to his Nobel Prize acceptance speech, this book will fascinate anyone interested in the world of ideas.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Editor's Introduction
1 : The Pleasure of Finding Things Out ... 1
2 : Computing Machines in the Future ... 27
3 : Los Alamos from Below ... 53
4 : What Is and What Should Be the Role of Scientific Culture in Modern Society ... 97
5 : There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom ... 117
6 : The Value of Science ... 141
7 : Richard P. Feynman's Minority Report to the Space Shuttle Challenger Inquiry ... 151
8 : What Is Science? ... 171
9 : The Smartest Man in the World ... 189
10 : Cargo Cult Science: Some Remarks on Science, Pseudoscience, and Learning How to Not Fool Yourself ... 205
