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1、"WhatDoYouCareWhatOtherPeopleThink?"FurtherAdventuresofaCuriousCharacterRichardP.FeynmanastoldtoRalphLeightonPrefaceACURIOUSCHARACTER11Part1TheMakingofaScientist11"WhatDoYouCareWhatOtherPeopleThink?"20It'sasSimpleasOne,Two,ContentsThree...54GettingAhead60HotelCity63WhotheHellIsH
2、erman?69FeynmanSexistPig!72IJustShookHisHand,CanYouBelieveIt?76Letters,Photos,andDrawings83MR.FEYNMANGOESTOPart2WASHINGTON:INVESTIGATINGTHESPACESHUTTLECHALLENGERDISASTER113Preliminaries113CommittingSuicide116TheColdFacts119CheckSix!154Gumshoes159FantasticFigures177AnInflamedAppe
3、ndix189TheTenthRecommendation199MeetthePress206Afterthoughts212AppendixF:PersonalObservationsontheReliabilityoftheShuttle2206ContentsEPILOGUE239BECAUSEoftheappearanceof"SurelyPreface239You'reJoking,Mr.Feynman!"afewTheValueofScience240thingsneedtobeexplainedhere.First,althoughthe
4、centralcharac-terinthisbookisthesameasbefore,Index249the"adventuresofacuriouscharacter"herearedifferent:somearelightandsometragic,butmostofthetimeMr.PrefaceFeynmanissurelynotjoking—althoughit'softenhardtotell.Second,thestoriesinthisbookfittogethermorelooselythanthosein"SurelyYou
5、'reJoking...,"wheretheywerearrangedchronologicallytogiveasemblanceoforder.(ThatresultedinsomereadersgettingthemistakenideathatSYJisanautobiography.)Mymoti-vationissimple:eversincehearingmyfirstFeynmanstories,Ihavehadthepowerfuldesiretosharethemwithoth-ers.Finally,mostofthesestor
6、ieswerenottoldatdrummingsessions,asbefore.Iwillelaborateonthisinthebriefoutlinethatfollows.Part1,"ACuriousCharacter,"be-ginsbydescribingtheinfluenceofthosewhomostshapedFeynman'sper-sonality—hisfather,Mel,andhisfirstlove,Arlene.Thefirststorywasadaptedfrom"ThePleasureofFindingThin
7、gsOut,"aBBCprogrampro-ducedbyChristopherSykes.ThestoryofArlene,fromwhichthetitleofthisbookwastaken,waspainfulforFeyn-mantorecount.Itwasassembledover8Prefacethepasttenyearsoutofpiecesfromsixdifferentstories.Whenitwasfinallycomplete,Feynmanwasespeciallyfondofthisstory,andhappytosh
8、areitwithothers.TheotherFeynmanstoriesinPart1,a