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phenomenon in the South Pacific Ocean in which, as he understood it, islanders built a mock airstrip to cause airplanes loaded with imported goods to land. Similarly, he argued, adopting the appearances of scientific investigation without a self-critical attitude will fail to produce reliable
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The final chapter, "Cargo Cult Science," was adapted from Feynman's 1974 commencement address at the California Institute of Technology, in which he cautioned graduates not to minimize the weaknesses of their research in the pursuit of a preferred conclusion. He drew an analogy to the
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Them?" where he recounts picking up a woman by deliberately insulting her after the woman plays him for free food. Feynman states at the end of the chapter that this behavior was not typical.
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was upset by Feynman's account in the book of the weak interaction work, and threatened to sue, resulting in a correction being inserted in later editions.
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after Feynman asked for both cream and lemon in his tea, not being familiar with the proper etiquette.
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The book has many stories which are lighthearted in tone, such as his fascination with
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conversations that Feynman had with his close friend and drumming partner
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Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character
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Other stories cover more serious material, including his work on the
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350 p. (US hardcover edition) & 322 p. (US paperback edition)
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Feynman's Lost Lecture: The Motion of Planets Around the Sun
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The book's title is taken from a comment made by a woman at
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Psychology Led Astray: Cargo Cult in Science and Therapy
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Feynman was criticized for a chapter titled "You Just
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Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track
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Index

Cargo cult science

Ralph Leighton
Richard Feynman
W.W. Norton
Hardcover
Paperback
ISBN
0-393-01921-7
OCLC
10925248
Dewey Decimal
LC Class
What Do You Care What Other People Think?
Nobel Prize
Richard Feynman
Ralph Leighton
safe-cracking
samba
Manhattan Project
tuberculosis
education system in Brazil
Wheeler–Feynman absorber theory
Albert Einstein
Wolfgang Pauli
Henry Norris Russell
John von Neumann
taped
Ralph Leighton
What Do You Care What Other People Think?

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