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Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character - Richard P Feynman
http://www.amazon.in/Surely-youre-Joking-Feynman-Adventures/dp/009917331X/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1397282270&sr=1-2
It is a classic. Brilliant, inspirational and very funny! Richard P Feynman was a genius.
Winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1965, Richard Feynman was one of the world's greatest theoretical physicists, but he was also a man who fell, often jumped, into adventure. An artist, safecracker, practical joker and storyteller, Feynman's life was a series of combustible combinations made possible by his unique mixture of high intelligence, unquenchable curiosity and eternal scepticism. Over a period of years, Feynman's conversations with his friend Ralph Leighton were first taped and then set down as they appear here, little changed from their spoken form, giving a wise, funny, passionate and totally honest self-portrait of one of the greatest men of our age.
Chris: A few book recommendations:
What If? by Randall Munroe (of xkcd fame)
50 Chemistry Ideas You Really Need to Know by Hayley Birch
Why does Asparagus make your wee smell? by Andy Brunning
Also I know it hasn't come out in the past year, but it would be remiss not to mention Surely You're Joking, Mr Feynman. I LOVE this book.
Edit: xckd... yikes. I'm going to get excluded from geek club for that one, aren't I? Corrected.
I dunno, the strangest man or pretty much,
anything,
With Feynman are also excelent
Wow, that is an awesome edition of Surely You're Joking, Mr Feynman. They really should start publishing it with that cover again.
In fact, according to nuclear physicist Richard Feynman in his book Surely you're joking Mr Feynman this is in fact true.
It's not because alcohol burns cool enough to hold. If that was true, it wouldn't hear water or cook food.
It's because the alcohol flame burns straight up. Remember, only vapourised alcohol is flamable -- not liquid alcohol -- and the liquid alcohol acts as an insulator.
However, if you do this as an adult, you will singe your hairs and it will hurt.
Best thing is to get your kid to do it -- as Mr. Feynman learned the hard way.
no idea
> no scrimping to pay for education
The best teacher for your kids is yourself (along with the husband, of course). It's more important to instill a sense of curiosity and wonder of the world than sending them to expensive tuitions and 'elite' schools, where many teachers actually don't know what they're talking about either. Basically, if you want the children to be smart, you have to be a role model of smartness yourself, instead of offloading that burden to the school. I'd argue that excessive homeworks and school assignments are actually harmful to the children's intellectual development.