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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 02:15:41 EST
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- From: Rashmi <rashmi%Spl3.ECE.Drexel.EDU@COE.DREXEL.EDU>
- Subject: Re: Richard Feynman
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- In-Reply-To: <9212220139.AA26691@cbis.ECE.Drexel.EDU>; from "Agnes Kruchio" at
- Dec 21, 92 8:38 pm
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- >Has anyone read the new biography of Richard Feynman? Is it worth
- >reading? Is it worth buying in hardback?
-
- According to a couple of reviews, the _Surely, you're Joking, Mr. Feynman_ and
- the other autobiographical books portrayed Feynman's spirit far better than the
- book by Gleick. Apparently, one of the problems with the biography is that it
- seems like mostly rehashed material, since we're seen it all in the earlier
- series.
-
- >Evelyn (who was surprised to find out that Feynman's IQ was only 125)
-
- More support for the position that measures like IQ really don't mean a whole
- lot.
-
- -rashmi
-