Book of the Week: Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track

18 Jan 2015

Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track is a collection of letters of Richard P. Feynman’s correspondence with his family, friends, fans and colleagues. They are organized in chronological order from his first marriage, the atomic bomb, the Nobel Prize, the Challenger investigation, cancer to his death. The letters give a glimpse into the personal side of Feynman, especially the letters between him and his first wife. I read this book, because Elaine sent me this post about What Problems to Solve concerning a letter from his former student. There’s a TED talk I like by Leonard Susskind about his friend Richard Feynman, but I could not find a letter between the two in the book. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Waurx8e-1o&w;=560&h;=315]