My latest audiobook was Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track .
My husband introduced me to Richard Feynman over fifteen years ago and I’ve been a huge fan ever since. I’ve read both Surely You’re Joking Mr. Feynman and What Do You Care What Other People Think?. I read The Pleasure of Finding Things Out and I read Tuva or Bust! which is about his last trip. I even read QED which was absolutely fantastic. There are still a few more books of his I would love to read and plan to as well.
The thing about this book is that it’s a compilation of many of the letters he sent during his lifetime. They are compiled by his daughter and the audiobook is fantastic. Well read, really really well told. I enjoyed all of it. The great love he had with his first wife, his days in Los Alamos building the bomb, his teaching days, the Nobel prize, talking about his kids and his father and his letters to his mother. I loved all of it. I was moved. It was thought-provoking. And I even laughed out loud. He was obviously an amazing man and it comes through and through in this book.
I cannot recommend it enough. I really loved every single moment of this book and was truly sad to have it end.
I, too, love this guy. It’s hard to believe he helped build “The Bomb”. Don’t forget about his bongo playing! I almost included this book in my last amazon order but wasn’t sure whether I wanted the audio or the actual book. What would you suggest?
Hmm, good question. Hard to tell since I’ve only experienced the audiobook. Do you drive a lot, do you have a reason to be stuck in the car and listen to audio? if so, this particular one was very good so i think it would be a good one. if not, i guess i’d go with the book. i generally tend to prefer non-fiction audio and fiction book. but that’s just me 🙂