"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" is an autobiography of the late physicist, Richard P. Feynman—a very unconventional one. Rather than relating the story of his life in a traditional manner, Feynman gives us a collection of unconnected anecdotes loosely organized into this book. After reading the collection of anecdotes, which focus more on mundane details of his life than on major life events (such as marriages, births, for example) and great career accomplishments, what we end up with is a pretty good idea of the day-to-day life and personality quirks of this particular man, and insight into what makes him tick. At the end of the book, the unconventionality of format makes perfect sense, since we know its author is not the kind of person who will do anything the way everybody else does it. That.....
