The Pleasure of Finding Things Out

This book is a compilation of many of the later stories and records from Richard Feynman's career. Some, like "Los Alamos from Below", are retellings of stories from other books. Some, like the Space Shuttle Challenger Minority Report, are transcriptions of Feynman's writings that are more thorough than other accounts. And some, like the 1979 Omni Magazine interview, are brand new listings.
The audio version is very well spoken, always clear, and the chapter breaks are in their proper places: between chapters.
For the Richard Feynman fan, this is a decently collected book, though it varies considerably in tone and narrative. For others, they should reach instead for Feynman's two main books, "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" and "What do You Care What Other People Think?"

Great audiobook! Covers Richard's ideas, life, and speeches. The narrator does a dynamite job, his method of delivery perserves the spirit of "the man himself". Those without scientific backgrounds will have no trouble here. Only two instances reach outside of the realm of the layman, and they are fairly brief. I highly recommend this title. However, if live in a cave and/or believe in magical mystical powers; your world may be shattered. You were warned :)

There is some overlap between the different speeches and interviews of Feynman but it is so good you dont mind hearing it twice. The section on science and religion is outstanding. The discussion of what is and is not science should be read before picking up many of todays more popular "scientific" periodicals.

Generally a very good book. He really paints people involved in science in colorful way and his own exploits are always entertaining. A little bit of repetitition from time to time in the various speeches but not too bad. I would agree with another reviewer that his development of arguments on education on religion certainly were not as convincing as his home turf science.

It is a wonderful and entertaining look into a brillant man's mind. His way of showing us how learning can be so much fun. I loved this book!

There is acceptable belief that makes an expert in one subject believe it makes him an expert in all others. I enjoyed most of the book, the science and physics and all. But when he left the science arena it went down hill fast.

This is my first reading of Richard Feynman and hence, not surprising at all, it's very interesting. Nevertheless, I must say that the collection is not well arranged. There were repetitions between chapters. If we consider the book as an interview collection, it's certainly is worthy of 5-star ranking for the content. On the other hand, if we are searching for a literature item, there are many places in the book that require improved editing or re-arrangement. My most enjoyed chapter was Mr Feynman's talk about how science should be taught.

I'm just interested in physics, trying to read some physics books for beginners. I think this book surely reveals the charm of Feynman as we know it and I quite like this reading

I can see how religious folks and "pseudo-science" practitioners would hate this guy. He was unafraid of the real answers from real analysis and was willing to 'wait and see' with an open mind about the rest. The physics speeches were fun & inspiring, but his scientific look at psychology and religion were most honest & refreshing. "Experts" & preachers beware!

I liked this one a lot though I started to lose interest in the last couple chapters. I particularly enjoyed the way this was read.