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A close friend of physicist Richard Feynman chronicles his relationship with the scientist and describes their ten-year quest to reach the remote country of Tannu Tuva (view table of contents)
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9780393029536 | W W Norton & Co Inc, May 1, 1991, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: A close friend of physicist Richard Feynman chronicles his relationship with the scientist and describes their ten-year quest to reach the remote country of Tannu Tuva

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The moving, humorous tale of Richard Feynman's quest for the lost country of Tannu Tuva follows the renowned physicist as he struggles with cancer and searches for the elusive Tuva. Reprint. (view table of contents)
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9780393320695, titled "Tuva or Bust: Richard Feynman's Last Journey" | W W Norton & Co Inc, June 1, 2000, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: A close friend of physicist Richard Feynman chronicles his relationship with the scientist and describes their ten-year quest to reach the remote country of Tannu Tuva.
9780140156140 | Reprint edition (Penguin USA, July 1, 1992), cover price $11.95 | About this edition: The moving, humorous tale of Richard Feynman's quest for the lost country of Tannu Tuva follows the renowned physicist as he struggles with cancer and searches for the elusive Tuva.

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Product Description: In Siberia in the mountain steppes above the border of Mongolia lies Tuva, an isolated country of herdsmen and shepherds. Among them are exquisitely talented musicians who can sing two notes at once, producing powerful overtones, like whistling wind or a great storm...read more
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9781559613255 | Har/cas edition (Ellipsis Arts, May 1, 1996), cover price $16.95

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9781559613248 | Ellipsis Arts, August 1, 1996, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: In Siberia in the mountain steppes above the border of Mongolia lies Tuva, an isolated country of herdsmen and shepherds.

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Product Description: QED is a seductive mix of science, human affections, moral courage and comic eccentricity... not to be missed."- John Simon, New York Magazine The play itself is a kind of proof, dramatically illustrating how a man who happens to be a genius elegantly and movingly works through the human problem of how to face the end of his life...read more
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9781557835925 | Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, September 1, 2002, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: QED is a seductive mix of science, human affections, moral courage and comic eccentricity.

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9781584900283 | Tuvamuch Records, December 1, 2002, cover price $14.95

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Product Description: This new volume contains four previously unpublished lectures that Feynman gave to students preparing for exams. With characteristic flair, insight and humor, Feynman discusses topics students struggle with and offers valuable tips on solving physics problems...read more
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9780805390636 | Addison-Wesley, August 2, 2005, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: This new volume contains four previously unpublished lectures that Feynman gave to students preparing for exams.

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An omnibus edition of classic adventure tales by the Nobel Prize-winning physicist includes his exchanges with Einstein and Bohr, ideas about gambling with Nick the Greek, and solution to the Challenger disaster, in a volume complemented by an hour-long audio CD of his 1978 'Los Alamos from Below' lecture. 30,000 first printing.
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9780393061321 | Har/com edition (W W Norton & Co Inc, November 7, 2005), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: An omnibus edition of adventure tales by the Nobel Prize-winning physicist includes his exchanges with Einstein and Bohr, ideas about gambling with Nick the Greek, and solution to the Challenger disaster, in a volume complemented by an hour-long audio CDof his 1978 'Los Alamos from Below' lecture.

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A boxed set featuring the memoirs of the late Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist includes 'Surely You're Joking, Mr Feynman!', in which he talks about his adventure-filled life, and 'What Do You Care What Other People Think?', in which he reveals the influence of his father and his first wife on his life and discusses his role in the investigation of the Challenger explosion. Read by Raymond Todd. Books available.
By Ralph Leighton and Raymond Todd (narrator)
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9780786167999 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, November 1, 2006), cover price $32.95 | About this edition: The Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist talks about his adventure-filled life in a memoir based on a series of taped discussions.

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Product Description: Like its predecessor, Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman, this volume presents further adventures of the Nobel Prize-winning physicist. Readers learn the inner workings of the Rogers Commission, the stupifying realities of bureaucratic obfuscation, and the confusion and misjudgement that have plagued NASA in recent years...read more
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9781439559284 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, October 8, 2008), cover price $23.95 | About this edition: Like its predecessor, Surely You're Joking Mr.

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Product Description: Citizenship education was introduced into the curriculum as the subject to bring about a change in the political culture of a nation. However, without taking a radical approach to the teaching of this subject, its core values are likely to be lost...read more
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9781441104694 | Continuum Intl Pub Group, January 19, 2012, cover price $140.00 | About this edition: Citizenship education was introduced into the curriculum as the subject to bring about a change in the political culture of a nation.

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9781441165107 | Continuum Intl Pub Group, January 19, 2012, cover price $44.95 | About this edition: Citizenship education was introduced into the curriculum as the subject to bring about a change in the political culture of a nation.

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