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24 alternatives to Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman

Biography of Nobel Prize winning physicist Richard Feynman

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! ▲8
Exploits of this century's greatest scientific mind
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Feynman Genius▲62
The Life and Science of Richard Feynman
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
3
Feynman▲63
A Graphic Novel Biography of Richard Feynman
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The Quantum Labyrinth▲67
Life and work of two of our most eminent physicists
2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
5
What If?▲107
Serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions
2015 · whatif.xkcd.com · its alternatives →
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Fake Science 101▲60
A less-than-factual guide to our amazing world
2015 · fakescience.org · its alternatives →
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Genius▲3
The Life and Science of Richard Feynman
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Off to Be the Wizard▲65
A funny tale of a normal guy who makes an abnormal discovery
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions▲78
If you're curious then you'll like this easy read.
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Einstein▲6
His Life and Universe
2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Einstein: His Life And Universe▲81
How did his mind work? What made him a genius?
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Seven Brief Lessons on Physics▲61
Lean and lucid descriptions of modern physics
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Light▲58
A Radiant History from Creation to the Quantum Age
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The Road to Relativity▲55
The History and Meaning of Einstein's Masterpiece
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Brief Candle in the Dark: My Life in Science▲54
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2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Quantum Computing since Democritus (Scott Aaronson)▲63
Irreverent overview of ideas in math, CS & philosophy
2016 · cambridge.org · its alternatives →
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2016 · symmetrymagazine.org · its alternatives →
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2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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2016 · its alternatives →
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Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole▲67
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2016 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →
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2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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