Customer Reviews
Like the Essays of Montaigne - Wit, Wisdom and Vitality - By: B. W. Jenner, 30 Oct 2008 
I'm a big fun of Charlie Munger's writings & he put mein the direction of this book. It's deceptively simple. You start reading & think these are twee stories well told. It took me a couple of months to get really into it, but then each chapter needed to be read slowly to absorb its insight & idiosyncratic wisdom.
I love the way he says something by weaving it with stories from every day life, where he was at a particular time, what he did, & what happened afterwards.
I'm a non-conformist, & I found Feynman a reassuring & inspiring kindred spirit. He's not impressed by much. He'd rather have turned down the Nobel Prize & he has a playful attitude to sex, authority & responsibility. What a cool & brilliant man!
Feynman never got out of his box, because he never had one! - By: C. Clayton, 25 Aug 2008 Part physicist, part prankster, part musician, part teacher, part genius, part story teller, part little boy & all human being, this is the true story of Richard Feynman. He was a man with an insatiable curiosity, & had a zest to explore the world of physics, human nature & himself.
The storiesin the book are funny, entertaining & enlightening. Feynman never got out of his box, because he never had one. From the gifted young boy who fixed radios by thinking to the top notch physicist who could explain concepts to laymen like no one else, Feynman was one of a kind.
Well worth the read!
The Re-Discovery of Common Sense: A Guide To: The Lost Art of Critical Thinking
I just don't understand - By: R. Lowther, 31 Jul 2008 
I just don't understand why this book recieves such good reviews? I found it a boring read - the type of stories that boring people try to regale you with whilst stuck on a train or other public places where escape from their witterings is hard.
hilarious and bizarre anecdotes - By: phil mars, 31 Jul 2008 hilarious annotation of improbably bizarre but somehow believable happeningsin the life of this extraordinary man. ok, sometimes he comes accross as maybe lackingin the empathy department , & as construing situations involving human interaction as challenges to find something ridiculously unconventional to do with them - but at a certain level it is funny.
Mr Feynman, you are awful...but I like you! - By: Jack Victor, 22 Jan 2008 What an interesting book! Richard Feynman was an acknowledged genius & this is not an autobiographyin the normal sense. Compiled from a series of interviews set up for the purpose, Feynman's sense of fun & sheer joy of physics, maths & lifein general shines through.
He is not shyin taking credit where it is due - he certainly "gets" things really quickly where others struggle - but is also surprisingly honest when describing his relationships for example & is quite happy to acknowledge the efforts made by others. This is an easy book to "dip" into & one can also sit down & devote significant time to it. Not only is this one of the best science books I have read it is one of the best biographies I have read full stop.
I can't help feeling that if you were to happen acros RFin a bar (and that would not be an unusual occurrence) you would find him a pleasant & interesting companion.
