I honestly had never heard of Richard Feynman until I read Grand Design by Steven Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow. I Google'd him and discovered a real character with many fans, so I became intrigued and ordered Surely You're Joking.<br><br>Initialy the guy comes across as a real geek but actually there is very little science in the book and so is for the most part is a very easy read. As each chapter is in approximate chronological order you get to know him and his escapades from a young boy until sometime after he receives the Nobel prize.<br><br>Apparently he would start every lecture by asking, "Any questions?" and he applied his thirst for knowledge, experimentation and understanding not only to his chosen field, Theortical Phyisics, but to his whole life too.<br><br>You learn to understand about his very logical thought process and inventiveness which gets him into all sorts interesting situations. From fixing radio's to college tricks, picking locks, picking up women, samba drumming, art and of course making nuclear bombs, every anecdote will make you smile and look forward the next one, the pages fly by!