The Pleasure of Finding Things Out and millions of other books are available for Amazon Kindle. Learn more

List Price: $17.99

Save: $4.27 (24%)

Get Fast, Free Shipping with Amazon Prime

FREE delivery: Monday, March 15 on orders over $25.00 shipped by Amazon. Details

Fastest delivery: Today
Order within 3 hrs and 27 mins Details

Select delivery location

In Stock.
As an alternative, the Kindle eBook is available now and can be read on any device with the free Kindle app. Want to listen? Try Audible.

Secure transaction

Ships from	Amazon.com
Sold by	Amazon.com

Details

Ships from

Amazon.com

Sold by

Amazon.com

Add a gift receipt for easy returns

FREE Shipping on orders over $25.00 shipped by Amazon or get Fast, Free Shipping with Amazon Prime

FREE delivery: Monday, March 15 on orders over $25.00 shipped by Amazon. Details

Fastest delivery: Thursday, March 11
Order within 17 hrs and 42 mins Details

Select delivery location

Used: Acceptable | Details

Sold by Clutch Books & Media

Fulfilled by Amazon

Added to

Unable to add item to List. Please try again.

Share <Embed>

Other Sellers on Amazon

$12.59
+ $4.26 shipping

Sold by: mcarraway4

$17.84
+ Free Shipping

Sold by: Book Depository US

$18.93
+ Free Shipping

Sold by: TheWorldShop

Have one to sell?

Flip to back Flip to front

Listen Playing... Paused You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition.
Learn more

See all 3 images

Follow the Author

Richard P. Feynman

The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman (Helix Books) Paperback – April 6, 2005

by Richard P. Feynman (Author), Jeffrey Robbins (Editor)

427 ratings

Part of: Helix Books (11 Books)

See all formats and editions Hide other formats and editions

Price

New from

Used from

Kindle

"Please retry"

—

—

Audible Audiobook, Unabridged

"Please retry"

$0.00

Free with your Audible trial

"Please retry"

$17.90

$1.95

Paperback

"Please retry"

$13.72

$12.59

$3.74

MP3 CD, Audiobook, Unabridged

"Please retry"

$19.47

—

This collection from scientist and Nobel Peace Prize winner highlights the achievements of a man whose career reshaped the world's understanding of quantum electrodynamics.

The Pleasure of Finding Things Out is a magnificent treasury of the best short works of Richard P. 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.

Print length

288 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Basic Books
Publication date

April 6, 2005
Dimensions

5.38 x 0.88 x 8.38 inches
ISBN-10

0465023959
ISBN-13

978-0465023950
Lexile measure

1150L
See all details

Frequently bought together

+
+

Total price: $40.88

Buy the selected items together

This item:The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman (Helix Books) by Richard P. Feynman Paperback $13.72
In Stock.
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.
FREE Shipping on orders over $25.00. Details
“Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!”: Adventures of a Curious Character by Richard P. Feynman Paperback $13.99
In Stock.
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.
FREE Shipping on orders over $25.00. Details
Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher by Richard P. Feynman Paperback $13.17
In Stock.
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.
FREE Shipping on orders over $25.00. Details

Products related to this item

Sponsored
Hide feedback

Page 1 of 1Start overPage 1 of 1

Customers who viewed this item also viewed

Page 1 of 1 Start overPage 1 of 1

Richard P. Feynman
3,794
Paperback
$13.99
Richard P. Feynman
1,325
Paperback
$13.17
Richard P. Feynman
773
Paperback
$13.99
Richard P. Feynman
456
Paperback
$10.79
Richard P. Feynman
230
Paperback
$14.99
Richard P. Feynman
105
Paperback
$18.00

Special offers and product promotions

Amazon Business : For business-only pricing, quantity discounts and FREE Shipping. Register a free business account

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Richard P. Feynman (1918-1988) was the Richard Chace Tolman Professor of Theoretical Physics at the California Institute of Technology. He was awarded the 1965 Nobel Prize for his work on the development of quantum field theory. He was also one of the most famous and beloved figures of the twentieth century, both in physics and in the public arena.

Product details

Publisher : Basic Books; unknown edition (April 6, 2005)
Language : English
Paperback : 288 pages
ISBN-10 : 0465023959
ISBN-13 : 978-0465023950
Lexile measure : 1150L
Item Weight : 10.3 ounces
Dimensions : 5.38 x 0.88 x 8.38 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #45,471 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #28 in Science & Scientists Humor
- #34 in Science Essays & Commentary (Books)
- #170 in Scientist Biographies

Customer Reviews:
427 ratings

Start reading The Pleasure of Finding Things Out on your Kindle in under a minute.

Don't have a Kindle? Get your Kindle here, or download a FREE Kindle Reading App.

Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.

Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video!

Products related to this item

Sponsored
Hide feedback

Page 1 of 1Start overPage 1 of 1

Feedback

Dr. John Jaquish

1,696

Paperback

$14.40
Feedback

Steven Weinberg

269

Paperback

$16.99
Feedback

Ethan Hayes

31

Paperback

$16.99
Feedback

Patrick King

226

Paperback

$13.70
Feedback

Leatrice Eiseman

256

Hardcover

$28.46
Feedback

Adam Smith

252

Paperback

$17.09
Feedback

John Oliver Ryan

71

Paperback

$12.99
Feedback

Dan Heath

841

Hardcover

$19.39
Feedback

Marcel Danesi Ph.D

1,103

Paperback

$10.99
Feedback

Pamela Ellgen

Fresh food in college is easy with these 5-ingredient recipes

2,106

Paperback

$7.57

Customer reviews

5 star		81%
4 star		12%
3 star		4%
2 star		1%
1 star		2%

How are ratings calculated?

Top reviews from the United States

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

This man solved the Discovery disaster.

Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2018

Verified Purchase

Richard Feynman was a fun-loving Physicist. He disliked the pomposity he saw in some of his peers (Atomic Physicists, and in the world around him. He became the favorite college professor of many college students. His stories about meeting the many famous people in planning the first Atomic Bomb; at Princeton and in California are all interesting and very funny. For whatever reason, I always feel like his books are light, enjoyable reading. He is an American hero, winner of a Nobel Peace prize; youngest member of the Atomic Bomb Committee during WWII where he first Einstein and other world renown physicists. He shares his anecdotes of them all.

9 people found this helpful

An excellent book by one of the world's greatest geniuses

Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2016

Verified Purchase

Richard Feynman was one of the world's greatest physicists and characters. If you have read anything about his life you know that he was irreverent, quirky, odd and an absolute genius of the highest magnitude. This is a fantastic book to understand the power of curiosity. If you want to know how one of the smartest people on the face of the earth approached innovation, creativity and deep thinking – this is an excellent book to read.

19 people found this helpful

Fascinating Character

Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2013

Verified Purchase

Actually ordered this by mistake. Meant to order Surely You're Joking.... But it was a happy mistake. Still not a big fan of books made from assorted papers because they just don't flow well. It is much easier to read them when the person is interesting. Some folks are critical of Mr. Feynman's antics over the years. He just seemed playful, curious and refreshingly honest. Most people try to hide their weaknesses, especially those in the sciences. Not him. He openly discussed his quirks and personality flaws. He loved what he did and seemed happy. That showed throughout the book. But he was not refined, cultured or overly full of himself. He cherished his working class upbringing. I found him endearing and funny yet a few of his activities would not have been something that would appeal to me. There was less information on his scientific pursuits and the value of his contributions than I thought there would be still it was a fun read over all.

11 people found this helpful

Averie Top Contributor: Photography

Clean, Crisp, and Witty

Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2017

Verified Purchase

A work of brilliance communicated with wit and rationality. This is an excellent sampling of Captain Feynman's short works. Also, the cover is much better than the one pictured here (see photos), and the price here is unbeatable. This is definitely a book you want in your library, and this is certainly the place to buy it.

Customer image

Customer image

4 people found this helpful

Feynman - Genius. The same thing.

Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2013

Verified Purchase

One could easily retitle this book "The Pleasure of Finding Feynman."

Feynman deserved to be on the national bestseller list with this one. If anyone ever asks me to define a genius, I can do that in one word...Feynman. It has been a real joy for me to have found him and then to read his writings, view his lectures which are mostly collected at YouTube online and not necessarily easy going, and to read/hear what his contemoraries recall about his role in their lives.

Knowing a genius isn't something that most of us will encounter in our lives. We may know some very smart people who are much smarter than ourselves. But a genius is so much smarter than those smart people and the rest of us that it makes me wish that I could live in the genius world that he inhabits. A genius is to a normal and even above normal mind as a cat is to a mouse...so much faster than lightening that the mouse can't even begin to imagine it...and is doomed to be lunch. I wish my mind could do what his mind does...even for a short time ("Flowers for Algernon" anyone?). The next best thing then is to get to know him, and since he is dead the only way to do that is to try to get to know him through what he writes, what he says, his lectures, his humor, his philosophy and his astonishing comtributions to Physics and many other fields.

If I ever had the opportunity to sit down with him for a beer and have a conversation, I really wouldn't say very much at all. What I would do, is to listen as he pulls seemingly unrelated threads and things together to clearly illustrate his point in a way that even a layman can understand; and then I would hope that he had nowhere to go so that he could hang around and do that all over again with subject after subject until my ears were tired. Listening to his voice and seeing him deliver is just amazing.

If you want a taste of Feynman and a glimpse into the mind of a genius, buy and read this book and travel a bit with him. You definitely do not have to be a physicist to take away your own sense of wonder, respect, and just plain joy at meeting Richard Feynman on the printed pages of this book.

8 people found this helpful

Richard J. Foster

Somewhat uneven, but still worthwhile

Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2012

Verified Purchase

While some parts of this book are very enjoyable and provide a wonderful window into both Feynman's way of thinking, and the historical context (the "Los Alamos from Below" section, for example), I found others more difficult. Still worth reading, absolutely, just don't expect the same level of interest, humor, scientific detail, or just about any other aspect to be consistent from one section to another. This makes sense, as the book is a collection of items given to - and intended for - different audiences at different times. Unfortunately, at least for me, the inconsistencies meant that I could barely put the book down while reading some sections but found myself preferring other reading material over Mr Feynman's musings while working my way through the others.

7 people found this helpful

A brilliant thinker and a real down to Earth human

Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2015

Verified Purchase

Can't get enough of reading about this man! A brilliant thinker and a real down to Earth human. Also see the videos of him saying a lot of what is in this book ( on YouTube-of course!) so you can see and hear him. I found him quite amazing. His love of learning and enthusiasm is contagious!

6 people found this helpful

always a good 'thoughtster', reflective

Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2018

Verified Purchase

...always a good 'thoughtster', reflective, and a brilliant mind, along with a great writing talent...

Top reviews from other countries

foureyes

Super Feynman.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 28, 2014

Verified Purchase

Super Feynman stuff : sadly much of it is already published in " Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman ", and " What Do You Care What Other People Think ?" Still : I'm glad I bought it, if only for the intro by Freeman Dyson and the report on the Challenger Space Disaster. The latter could be re-titled " NASA'S DIRTY LAUNDRY WASHED IN PUBLIC ! " or " NASA'S NASTY SECRETS SPILLED ! " He clearly warned another accident could happen, and then it did . COLUMBIA was caused by, as described on www.space.com . sic. " An investigation board determined that a large piece of foam fell from the shuttle's external tank and fatally breached the spacecraft wing. This problem with foam had been known for years, and NASA came under intense scrutiny in Congress and in the media for allowing the situation to continue.

One person found this helpful

Thurloxton Adam

Brain freeze

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 6, 2015

Verified Purchase

I love listening to Richard Feynman but this book baffled me after 3/4 chapters. He goes into some theoretical stuff I could not follow and that was also not very interesting from s physics point of view. A great man and maybe a great book but I struggled.

Warning

Excellent book.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 3, 2016

Verified Purchase

Excellent book. Gave it to a an ex girlfriend who then told me she wanted to split up. Saved me the trouble. Excellent book.

2 people found this helpful

Amazon Customer

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 11, 2017

Verified Purchase

Feyman is always a joy to read. A new book to me.

CHRIS (Herts)

Tales from an original thinker

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 9, 2016

Verified Purchase

A fascinating book by one of the world's best physicists, who believed nothing unless he could prove it for himself.

One person found this helpful

See all reviews

Customers who bought this item also bought

Page 1 of 1 Start overPage 1 of 1

Richard P. Feynman
773
Paperback
$13.99
Richard P. Feynman
456
Paperback
$10.79
Richard P. Feynman
230
Paperback
$14.99
Richard P. Feynman
3,794
Paperback
$13.99
Richard P. Feynman
1,325
Paperback
$13.17
Richard P. Feynman
105
Paperback
$18.00

Pages with related products. See and discover other items: freeman dyson, social book, social work with groups, best essays, curiosities humor, funny history books

English United States

Conditions of Use
Privacy Notice
Interest-Based Ads
© 1996-2021, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates