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From: tedrick@ernie.berkeley.edu (Tom Tedrick)
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Subject: Re: SURELY YOU'RE JOKING, MR. FEYNMAN
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Date: Fri, 18-Apr-86 17:45:37 EST
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>	   SURELY YOU'RE JOKING, MR. FEYNMAN by Richard P. Feynman
>			     Bantam, 1986, $4.50.
>
> [ ... ] The stories in this book are of widely varying interest value, but a
>few good stories counterbalance a multitude of "Why are you telling me
>this?" tales, like how he got artists' models to pose nude for him.  Overall
>not a bad read.

Personally, I found Feynman's book to be the funniest book I have
ever read. However everyone else I know dislikes it for one reason
or another. Some find it extremely offensive.

I recommend it *HIGHLY* to anyone with the right mind-set: however
I have no way of knowing who that would be. Perhaps slightly devious
intellectual types might be the ones who appreciate it. If you have
the wrong mind-set: ie you are very moralistic or committed to
some political cause, I suggest not reading it, unless you
want to get angry.