Don't You Have Time to Think?

A collection of letters, essays and writings that are more domestic and personal characterwiise than his scientific adventures. I bought it because I needed to get a present for a friend who needed some thinking doing.

Read and enjoy the thoughts of a maverick physicist

Thoroughly enjoyed the book. This man was remarkable! His life, his work, totally absorbing.

Happy with this book.

This is an interesting book, because Feynmann was such an interesting person. But I thought "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynmann" was a slightly better collection of his stories than this one.

Refreshing and worth revisiting

Great book and well worth the effort of putting it together. Brought on a tear or two

This book was originally published under the title "Perfectly reasonable deviations from the beaten track". Later on, it has been published as "Don't you have time to think". Other than that, it's an excellent book, as everything where Feynman was involved.

日本語訳本も販売されていますが， やはり原著を読まれた方が，微妙なニュアンスを理解できます。 物理学者の英語のユニークでナイーブな文章の理解には最適です。 読む英語能力の向上には最適な一冊です。（訳本との併用可） ちなみに彼の死後に子孫によって公開された一冊です。

This book is a collection of letters by Feynman: ones he received, responded to, and other letters he wrote. It is literally a movie about his life; a documentary maybe? but at a great length: the sequence of letters, from early days in his life till our old Feynman, forms kind of a biography and how he went through his life. You'll get to absorb his wisdom and a sense of peace when you read this book. The best was the advice letters by him for students, but one for a dad too: The Last Letter! The Last Letter in the book is a surprise for us: a perfect movie-type ending! (the fact I realized, making me call this a movie!) The book is great for mid-teen Feynman fans, who enjoyed 'Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!' thoroughly. I'm writing this review after having this book for about two years, and I'll be going to college soon; I cannot tell you how much this book has impacted my ways of looking at life (and this book is by a scientist, not a philosopher!- something that Feynman himself asserts), and "understanding Feynman"! Next recommendation - 'The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist' -by Feynman. A tough, but rewarding book.

It is a compilation of short stories that Feynman writes in first person. I got to love the guy and his way of seeing the world by reading this book.

Thought this was a new/different collection of Feynman letters. No, same page images as the U.S. edition of Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track, collected by his daughter Michelle. Good stuff anyway; now I can loan out the American edition. The puzzle on page 5 is called "skeleton division". More at [...]

Very good Feynman book if you can find a copy. Luckily it is fairly easy to find good used copies.