First published 1988
Renowned physicist Richard Feynman never shied away from a challenge. Whether it was cracking safes, learning to play the bongos, or swapping racy stories, he approached life with a sense of childlike wonder and an uncompromising disregard for authority. In "What Do You Care What Other People Think?", Feynman recounts his most outrageous anecdotes, from his early days at Princeton to his groundbreaking work on the Manhattan Project. With sharp wit and a keen eye for the absurd, he shares a lifetime of clashing with conformity and reveling in the freedom to be himself.
Genres: 20th-century, autobiography, non-fiction, biography-memoir, physics, 21st-century, academic
Vibes: intimate, thought-provoking, whimsical
Tropes: personal-journey, unconventional-protagonist
Setting: United States
288 pages · Paperback · W. W. Norton & Company