Audio only
“Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!”
Adventures of a Curious CharacterBy Richard P. FeynmanNarrated by Raymond ToddLength11h 30m
About this audiobook
One of the most famous science books of our time, the phenomenal national bestseller that “buzzes with energy, anecdote and life. It almost makes you want to become a physicist” (Science Digest).
Richard Feynman, one of the world’s greatest theoretical physicists, thrived on adventure. His outrageous exploits once shocked a Princeton dean’s wife to exclaim: “Surely you’re joking, Mr. Feynman!”
In this phenomenal national bestseller, the Nobel Prize–winning physicist recounts in his inimitable voice his experiences trading ideas on atomic physics with Einstein and Bohr and ideas on gambling with Nick the Greek, painting a naked female toreador, accompanying a ballet on his bongo drums, and much else of an eyebrow-raising and hilarious nature. Woven together with his views on science, Feynman’s life story is a combustible mixture of high intelligence, unlimited curiosity, eternal skepticism, and raging chutzpah.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.4 (251.3K)
Includes Goodreads, Amazon, StoryGraph, LibraryThing
GenreBiography and Memoir, Science and Nature
Length11 hrs 30 mins
Narrated byRaymond Todd
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateJan 1, 1997
LanguageEnglish
More from Richard P. Feynman
You Are Worth ItKyle Carpenter, Don Yaeger8h 53m4.7 (4.8K)$29 · $0.00
The Happiest Man on EarthEddie Jaku3h 48m4.6 (178K)$7 · $0.00
MotherlandJulia Ioffe17h 52m4.7 (2.5K)$40 · $0.00
Evidence Not SeenDarlene Deibler Rose11h 11m4.6 (11.9K)$29 · $0.00
Where Cowards Go to DieBenjamin Sledge8h 42m4.7 (351)$20 · $0.00
Will You Love Me?Cathy Glass9h 5m4.6 (9.3K)$29 · $0.00
Designing Terry Pratchett’s DiscworldPaul Kidby3h 52m4.7 (343)$20 · $0.00
HostageEli Sharabi5h 25m4.6 (10.8K)$24 · $0.00
Finding MeViola Davis9h 15m4.6 (256.4K)$29 · $0.00
The Dangerous Truth about Today’s MarijuanaLaura Stack CSP, MBA9h 57m4.7 (385)$20 · $0.00
Birdie & HarlowTaylor Wolfe7h 50m4.6 (6.5K)$26 · $0.00
The Lives of BrianBrian Johnson9h 45m4.6 (3.5K)$29 · $0.00
I Am The StormJanice Dean9h4.6 (1.5K)$8 · $0.00
Black History CollectionFrederick Douglass, Harriet Ann Jacobs, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois27h 9m4.6 (2.6K)$18 · $0.00
Just as I AmCicely Tyson16h 8m4.6 (99K)$33 · $0.00
Unbroken Bonds of BattleJohnny Joey Jones8h 31m4.6 (2.6K)$8 · $0.00
The Daughter of AuschwitzTova Friedman, Malcolm Brabant7h 54m4.6 (16.7K)$26 · $0.00
My Bondage and My Freedom (Annotated)Frederick Douglass15h 30m4.6 (2.4K)$2 · $0.00
Lily's PromiseLily Ebert, Dov Forman8h 54m4.6 (16.1K)$29 · $0.00
CrossroadsKaleb Dahlgren7h 56m4.6 (4.9K)$26 · $0.00
A Brief History of IntelligenceMax S. Bennett12h 18m4.6 (6.6K)$29 · $0.00
The Story of BirdsSteve Brusatte11h 49m4.6 (401)$29 · $0.00
Craig & FredCraig Grossi8h 6m4.5 (9.6K)$26 · $0.00
Celebrating BirdsNatalia Rojas, Ana Maria Martinez6h 47m4.6 (330)$24 · $0.00
Saving JemimaJulie Zickefoose4h 59m4.5 (749)$20 · $0.00
Will's Red CoatTom Ryan8h 23m4.5 (2.3K)$26 · $0.00
Of Time and TurtlesSy Montgomery10h 34m4.5 (5K)$29 · $0.00
Zen and the Art of Saving the PlanetThich Nhat Hanh9h 20m4.5 (3.9K)$29 · $0.00
BLACK BEAUTY (With Original Illustrations)Anna Sewell7h 31m4.5 (1.3K)$1.99 · $0.00
Bottle of LiesKatherine Eban14h 25m4.4 (12K)$33 · $0.00
IngrainedCallum Robinson8h 10m4.5 (1.1K)$26 · $0.00
The Lion Tracker's Guide To LifeBoyd Varty3h 1m4.4 (4.8K)$18 · $0.00
Born for LoveBruce D. Perry, Maia Szalavitz11h 42m4.4 (4K)$29 · $0.00
The Mountains of California (With Original Drawings & Photographs) (Annotated)John Muir11h 35m4.5 (1.1K)$2 · $0.00
The New GuysMeredith Bagby16h 50m4.4 (1.2K)$40 · $0.00
Blue PasturesMary Oliver3h 23m4.4 (3.8K)$18 · $0.00
The Rise and Reign of the MammalsSteve Brusatte13h 26m4.4 (11.1K)$33 · $0.00
VaccinatedPaul A. Offit8h 30m4.4 (3.7K)$26 · $0.00
The Light EatersZoë Schlanger10h 57m4.4 (22.8K)$29 · $0.00
Where the Lost Dogs GoSusannah Charleson11h 7m4.5 (699)$23 · $0.00
You may also like
Psychopathology of Everyday Life (Annotated)Sigmund Freud9h 34m4.0 (24.8K)$1.99 · $0.00
BrowsingsMichael Dirda6h 55m3.8 (1.5K)$20 · $0.00
The Island of SheepJohn Buchan9h 16m3.9 (1.2K)$1.20 · $0.00
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer + The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Annotated)Mark Twain27h 3m4.3 (3.1K)$2 · $0.00
Jack’s BookBarry Gifford, Lawrence Lee11h 12m4.2 (1.3K)$30 · $0.00
ArabyJames Joyce15m3.6 (8.8K)$4
PenrodBooth Tarkington6h 21m4.0 (3K)$17
Against Interpretation, and Other EssaysSusan Sontag12h 6m4.2 (14.3K)$20
Adventures of Huckleberry FinnMark Twain11h 14m4.1 (1.4M)$1.80 · $0.00
An American ChildhoodAnnie Dillard, Janet Stevens8h 28m3.9 (14.3K)$17
Don’t Save AnythingJames Salter9h 55m4.0 (261)$20
The Complete Tetralogy of Parade's End (Annotated)Ford Madox Ford39h 26m4.2 (1.3K)$2 · $0.00
In Search of Lost Time - The Complete Seven-Book Series (Annotated)Marcel Proust141h 38m4.6 (2.9K)$2.99 · $0.00
Amelia Bedelia & Friends #1: Amelia Bedelia & Friends Beat the Clock UnabridHerman Parish1h 11m4.3 (307)$13 · $0.00
Bartleby and MeGay Talese8h 45m4.1 (593)$29 · $0.00
TheatetusPlato7h 18m4.2 (6.9K)$2.30
The Curious ClassroomHarvey “Smokey” Daniels6h 7m4.4 (580)$23
The Club of Queer TradesG. K. Chesterton5h 9m3.9 (4K)$3 · $0.00
The Golden AgeKenneth Grahame4h 11m3.9 (1K)$1 · $0.00
A Plea for Old Cap CollierIrvin S. Cobb51m4.2 (10)$1 · $0.00