The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman.

FEYNMAN, Richard P.; Preface by Freeman Dyson [Edward O. Wilson].

Item Number: 140591

New York: Helix Books, 1999.

First edition of this collection from the Nobel Prize-winning scientist highlights the achievements of a man whose career reshaped the world’s understanding of quantum electrodynamics. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by Freeman Dyson to Edward O. Wilson, “For Edward with best wishes Freeman Dyson.” With Wilson’s name in his hand on the half-title page. Foreword by Freeman Dyson. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Bruce W. Bond. Photograph of Feynman by Christopher Sykes. A nice association.

"This marvelous collection of talks, interviews, and essays offers a memorable sample of the wit, brilliance, and irreverence of the most celebrated physicist of our time. The more one reads of Feynman, the more one falls in love with his refreshingly enthusiastic view of the world" (Alan Guth).