Books mentioned on The Vanishing Mr. Feynman | Freakonomics Radio
3 books · With Ralph Leighton, Christopher Sykes, Michelle Feynman, John Preskill, Stephen Wolfram, Alan Alda, Charles C. Mann, Lisa Randall, Helen Czerski · Watch on YouTube
Stephen Dubner discussed Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. Feynman and What Do YOU Care what Other People Think? by Richard Phillips Feynman and others. Christopher Sykes discussed Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! is an entertaining collection of autobiographical anecdotes by the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard P. Feynman, detailing his curious adventures, unconventional pursuits, and brilliant scientific career.
Discussed
“this talking is what Leon helped turn into two books that made Fineman famous toward the end of his life the first one was called surely you're joking Mr Fineman”
Richard Phillips Feynman; Ralph Leighton · at 1:58 · mentioned 2 times
What Do YOU Care what Other People Think? by Richard Phillips Feynman and Ralph Leighton is a collection of captivating short stories and reflections highlighting the physicist's curious character and unique worldview.
Discussed
“the second book was called what do you care what other people think Further Adventures of a curious character”
Gustave Flaubert's classic 19th-century novel tells the tragic story of Emma Bovary, a provincial doctor's wife who engages in extramarital affairs to escape the banalities of her daily life.
Discussed
“I'll tell you what he said I did read a novel once it was called Madame boy and it was kind of nifty”
