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FEYNMAN, RICHARD Phillips. 1918-1988. "Surely you're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" Adventures of a curious character. [by] Richard P.Feynman, as told to Ralph Leighton; edited by Edward Hutchings. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1985.
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FEYNMAN, RICHARD Phillips. 1918-1988.
"Surely you're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" Adventures of a curious character. [by] Richard P.Feynman, as told to Ralph Leighton; edited by Edward Hutchings. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1985.
8vo. Publisher's orange half cloth and boards, pictorial dust jacket, custom cloth box. Spine panel lightly sunned, as usual, light wear to corners of jacket, minor browning.
Provenance: Alfred Paul Seckel (1958-2015, ownership stamp "ex Libris Al Seckel," and inscription to him); by descent to his daughter Elizabeth Laura Seckel; sold to the present owner.
FIRST EDITION, DOUBLE-SIGNED PRESENTATION ADVANCE COPY, BY BOTH FEYNMAN AND LEIGHTON, one of about 16 to 20 advance proof copies, this copy signed and warmly inscribed by Feynman on the half-title: "1984 To Al, Think of this as a companion volume to Russell in developing your understanding of philosophy. Your devoted teacher and friend, Richard Feynman." The inscription is dated 1984, as Feynman had received a box of advance copies in November of that year, each copy with the publisher's faint stamp "43546" on upper front free endpaper. Feynman gave a number of these copies away to friends and colleagues in November and December 1984 before the book was actually published in January 1985. Additional later inscription on verso of front free endpaper: "To Al with best wishes. Happy reading Fond Memories Ral 1996, by Ralph Leighton, son of Fenyman's colleague, Caltech physicist Robert Leighton, and the interviewer of Feynman, from whose tapes this work was edited for publication.
A fine double-inscribed advance presentation copy of Feynman's classic work signed by both the author (interviewee) and the interviewer. Feynman's book was edited by Edward Hutchings, from taped conversations with Ralph Leighton, his close friend and drumming partner. Feynman was notorious for refusing to sign his books, reportedly telling his editor: "I am not going on TV and I'm not going to sign any books." Feynman is considered a "rock star" among physicists, and was an enormously popular lecturer and author. He was the winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1965,and a member of the Rogers Commission investigating the space shuttle Challenger disaster, correctly identifying the O-ring material as the reason for the explosion. Al Seckel (1958-2015) was the author of a number of books on illusions and perception, and the editor of two books on Bertrand Russell. An active figure in the Freethought movement and skeptic of the paranormal, he co-designed the "Darwin fish" logo in response to the proliferation of "Jesus fish" logos used on bumper stickers and t-shirts.
8vo. Publisher's orange half cloth and boards, pictorial dust jacket, custom cloth box. Spine panel lightly sunned, as usual, light wear to corners of jacket, minor browning.
Provenance: Alfred Paul Seckel (1958-2015, ownership stamp "ex Libris Al Seckel," and inscription to him); by descent to his daughter Elizabeth Laura Seckel; sold to the present owner.
FIRST EDITION, DOUBLE-SIGNED PRESENTATION ADVANCE COPY, BY BOTH FEYNMAN AND LEIGHTON, one of about 16 to 20 advance proof copies, this copy signed and warmly inscribed by Feynman on the half-title: "1984 To Al, Think of this as a companion volume to Russell in developing your understanding of philosophy. Your devoted teacher and friend, Richard Feynman." The inscription is dated 1984, as Feynman had received a box of advance copies in November of that year, each copy with the publisher's faint stamp "43546" on upper front free endpaper. Feynman gave a number of these copies away to friends and colleagues in November and December 1984 before the book was actually published in January 1985. Additional later inscription on verso of front free endpaper: "To Al with best wishes. Happy reading Fond Memories Ral 1996, by Ralph Leighton, son of Fenyman's colleague, Caltech physicist Robert Leighton, and the interviewer of Feynman, from whose tapes this work was edited for publication.
A fine double-inscribed advance presentation copy of Feynman's classic work signed by both the author (interviewee) and the interviewer. Feynman's book was edited by Edward Hutchings, from taped conversations with Ralph Leighton, his close friend and drumming partner. Feynman was notorious for refusing to sign his books, reportedly telling his editor: "I am not going on TV and I'm not going to sign any books." Feynman is considered a "rock star" among physicists, and was an enormously popular lecturer and author. He was the winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1965,and a member of the Rogers Commission investigating the space shuttle Challenger disaster, correctly identifying the O-ring material as the reason for the explosion. Al Seckel (1958-2015) was the author of a number of books on illusions and perception, and the editor of two books on Bertrand Russell. An active figure in the Freethought movement and skeptic of the paranormal, he co-designed the "Darwin fish" logo in response to the proliferation of "Jesus fish" logos used on bumper stickers and t-shirts.