Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2024-02-12

Books mentioned on The Brilliant Mr. Feynman | Freakonomics Radio

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Books mentioned, in the order they came up

  1. The Math Book

    Clifford A. Pickover · at 44:40

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    “At some point, the guy said something like, 'You should try reading a math book,' and I can just imagine my dad sort of holding it all in, and then at that point, he just couldn't.”
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  2. Genius

    James Gleick · at 51:44

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    “Special thanks to Richard Tai and Alisa Pico from the Altech Archives; to Christopher Sykes and the BBC for the audio from their Feynman documentaries; to the Library and University Archives at the University of California, Santa Barbara, for their recording of Feynman's Los Alamos From Below lecture; to The Esalen Institute for audio from Feynman's Tiny Machines talk; and”
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