Richard Feynman may or may not have being the smartest person of the 20th century. But - he was certainly the most fun of all the really really smart people of the past century.
Anyway - I just want to mention a couple of books he wrote. Instead of a traditional autobiography. Feynman published a couple of books filled with funny and interesting stories from throughout his life. Even winning the Nobel prize for physics is just passed off as another amusing story mid-way through the book.
He has great stories on cracking safes, pulling elaborate pranks, demanding a single dollar in payment from the US government, working on the Manhatten project, accidentally fooling people into thinking he was smarter than he was, sensory deprivation flotation tanks, hanging out with other geniuses, experiments with lucid dreaming and stumbling across the idea that would lead to his Nobel prize whilst sitting depressed in a caferteria staring at a spinning plate. Oh - and there is alot of painting, strip clubs and bongo drumming in there as well.
I read the books about 15 years ago and they still stand out as being the most enjoyable books I have ever read.
Everyone I have heard speak about the two books has praised them for being such good fun. And for showing how infectious it must have being to be around a genius like Feynman.
The two books are: Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman! and What do you care what other people think?
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Now - I just wanted to give an overview of his funny memoirs before sharing the following link. You see - in the books above - Feymann talks alot about his experiences with picking up women.
Indeed - one of the greatest moments of his life is when a friend teaches him early proto-'game' (this being the 1950's). And the following is a link to those parts of the books.
I am sure many of you will find it of interest.
Click here... [the link reprints the relevent chapter - but is sadly part of a feminist site who is trying to tear down the great man. Oh well!]
Cardguy
PS Feynman was not the only scientific genius to 'go his own way' when it came to figuring out how best to get what he wanted from women. Check out this contract that Albert EInstein got his wife to sign in a last ditch effort to save their marriage - Click here...
Anyway - I just want to mention a couple of books he wrote. Instead of a traditional autobiography. Feynman published a couple of books filled with funny and interesting stories from throughout his life. Even winning the Nobel prize for physics is just passed off as another amusing story mid-way through the book.
He has great stories on cracking safes, pulling elaborate pranks, demanding a single dollar in payment from the US government, working on the Manhatten project, accidentally fooling people into thinking he was smarter than he was, sensory deprivation flotation tanks, hanging out with other geniuses, experiments with lucid dreaming and stumbling across the idea that would lead to his Nobel prize whilst sitting depressed in a caferteria staring at a spinning plate. Oh - and there is alot of painting, strip clubs and bongo drumming in there as well.
I read the books about 15 years ago and they still stand out as being the most enjoyable books I have ever read.
Everyone I have heard speak about the two books has praised them for being such good fun. And for showing how infectious it must have being to be around a genius like Feynman.
The two books are: Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman! and What do you care what other people think?
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Now - I just wanted to give an overview of his funny memoirs before sharing the following link. You see - in the books above - Feymann talks alot about his experiences with picking up women.
Indeed - one of the greatest moments of his life is when a friend teaches him early proto-'game' (this being the 1950's). And the following is a link to those parts of the books.
I am sure many of you will find it of interest.
Click here... [the link reprints the relevent chapter - but is sadly part of a feminist site who is trying to tear down the great man. Oh well!]
Cardguy
PS Feynman was not the only scientific genius to 'go his own way' when it came to figuring out how best to get what he wanted from women. Check out this contract that Albert EInstein got his wife to sign in a last ditch effort to save their marriage - Click here...