What Do You Care What Other People Think?
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| 2001 paperback edition | |
| Author | Richard Feynman |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Autobiography, Biography, Non-fiction |
| Publisher | W.W. Norton (USA) |
| Released | October, 1988 (USA) |
| Media Type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) also Audio book |
| Pages | 256 p. (US hardcover edition) & 256 p. (US paperback edition) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-393-02659-0 (1988 hardcover edition), ISBN 0-393-32092-8 (2001 paperback edition) |
| Preceded by | Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! |
What Do You Care What Other People Think?: Further Adventures of a Curious Character is the second of two books consisting of transcribed and edited oral reminiscences from American physicist Richard Feynman. It follows Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!
The book presents his life as a series of humorous stories which highlight his wit and intellect. Prepared as he struggled with cancer, it was the last of Feynman's autobiographical works.
Nearly half of the book deals with his involvement on the Rogers Commission investigating the destruction of the Space Shuttle Challenger.
The book is much more loosely organized than the earlier Surely You're Joking. It contains short stories, letters and a few of the sketches that Feynman drew in later life when he had learned to draw from an artist friend, Jirayr Zorthian.
The stories are engaging, lively, and sometimes sad. Especially of note is the story of his first wife, Arline, who contracted tuberculosis earlier and died while Feynman worked on the atomic bomb.
[edit] Citation
- Feynman, Richard P., What Do You Care What Other People Think?, 1988, W W Norton, ISBN 0-393-02659-0, 2001 paperback: ISBN 0-393-32092-8
