Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman: Adventures of a Curious Character by Richard FeynmanMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Narrator Raymond Todd really launches into this classic work with gusto, making it my favorite edition of this oft-published work. Combined with these stories appearing in his lectures and other anthologies, many of these tales are like old friends. I delight in hearing of his pranksterism and insight and anti-establishment behavior. From Los Alamos a-bomb research to university academia to the Nobel prize, there is a lot of arc to the professional side of his life. From his wife's death in the 40s to bar girls and bathroom bar fights, there is a lot of not-much-held-back personal life, too. Some of my favorite parts are his exploration of his potential in percussion and drawing as well as taking an objective, scientific approach to picking up bar girls and understanding the ways of a professional gambler. Also high on my list is his experiments in John C. Lilly's sensory deprivation tank. Something that still rings true is his rant against "Cargo Cult Science", even if there are doubts his quoted rat experiment medical research and even softer sciences like psychology.
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