The Pleasure of Finding Things Out

The Pleasure of Finding Things Out

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name = The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
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image_caption = 1999 hardcover edition
author = Carl Feynman, Michelle Feynman
cover_artist = Bruce W. Bond
country = United States
language = English
series =
subject = Biography
genre = Non-fiction
publisher = Perseus Books (USA)
release_date = July, 1999 (USA)
media_type = Print (Hardcover)
pages = 270 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-7382-0108-1

"The Pleasure of Finding Things Out" is a collection of short works from American physicist Richard Feynman, including interviews, speeches, lectures, and printed articles. Among these is his famous 1959 lecture There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom, his report on the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, and his speech on scientific integrity in which he coined the term "Cargo cult science".

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