Ask HN: Recommend one book I need to read this summer?

Re:Ask HN: Recommend one book I need to read this summer? by bemmu on Tuesday July 02, 2019 @02:53AM (#20332790)

"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman" and "The Pleasure of Finding Things Out", also by Richard Feynman.

He worked on the Manhattan Project among other things, writes in a very engaging way and shares a huge number of funny anecdotes. Yet he is also thought-provoking, for example introducing the idea of nanotechnology, explains why he is against pompous titles and posing, and how he struggled with staying creative.

Besides funny stories and grand ideas, there's also a heartbreaking personal struggle. One of those books years after reading I find myself randomly thinking about sometimes.

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Re:Ask HN: Recommend one book I need to read this summer? by Gairm on Friday July 05, 2019 @12:41PM (#20363858)

Richard Feynman inspired Ralph Leighton to get curious about Tannu Tuva, an area in central Asia. Which led Leighton to write, "Tuva or Bust!" about his travels there. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60349.Tuva_or_Bust

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Re:Ask HN: Recommend one book I need to read this summer? by lelima on Tuesday July 02, 2019 @08:49AM (#20334479)

"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman" is really good, almost every week I remember some adventure, and I look locks a different way :)

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Re:Ask HN: Recommend one book I need to read this summer? by TimSchumann on Tuesday July 02, 2019 @06:29AM (#20333772)

I listened to all of his books, and all of his lectures, on a car ride once. Everything was throughly enjoyable and I’d recommend it to anyone.

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