The Pleasure of Finding Things Out

Other by Richard P. Feynman read by Dan Cashman

Released 27 April 2000

Tracklist

  • CD 1
  • 1
    [front matter]
    [unknown] read by Dan Cashman
    3:54
  • 2
    Foreword: "This Side Idolatry", Part 1
    Freeman J. Dyson read by Dan Cashman
    3:19
  • 3
    Foreword: "This Side Idolatry", Part 2
    Freeman J. Dyson read by Dan Cashman
    3:44
  • 4
    Foreword: "This Side Idolatry", Part 3
    Freeman J. Dyson read by Dan Cashman
    3:01
  • 5
    Editor's Introduction, Part 1
    Jeffrey Robbins read by Dan Cashman
    2:43
  • 6
    Editor's Introduction, Part 2
    Jeffrey Robbins read by Dan Cashman
    4:11
  • 7
    Chapter 1: "The Pleasure of Finding Things Out": Editor's Introduction / Chapter 1, Section 1: "The Beauty of a Flower" / Chapter 1, Section 2: "Avoiding Humanities"
    Jeffrey Robbins read by Dan Cashman / Richard P. Feynman read by Dan Cashman
    3:21
  • 8
    Chapter 1, Section 3: "Tyrannosaurus in the Window", Part 1
    3:14
  • 9
    Chapter 1, Section 3: "Tyrannosaurus in the Window", Part 2 / Chapter 1, Section 4: "Algebra for the Practical Man", Part 1
    3:37
  • 10
    Chapter 1, Section 4: "Algebra for the Practical Man", Part 2 / Chapter 1, Section 5: "Epaulettes and the Pope", Part 1
    2:53
  • 11
    Chapter 1, Section 5: "Epaulettes and the Pope", Part 2 / Chapter 1, Section 6: "Invitation to the Bomb", Part 1
    2:56
  • 12
    Chapter 1, Section 6: "Invitation to the Bomb", Part 2 / Chapter 1, Section 7: "Success and Suffering"
    3:31
  • 13
    Chapter 1, Section 8: "'I Don’t Have to Be Good Because They Think I’m Going to Be Good.'" / Chapter 1, Section 9: "The Nobel Prize—Was It Worth It?", Part 1
    3:19
  • 14
    Chapter 1, Section 9: "The Nobel Prize—Was It Worth It?", Part 2 / Chapter 1, Section 10: "The Rules of the Game", Part 1
    2:49
  • 15
    Chapter 1, Section 10: "The Rules of the Game", Part 2
    3:03
  • 16
    Chapter 1, Section 11: "Smashing Atoms", Part 1
    3:23
  • 17
    Chapter 1, Section 11: "Smashing Atoms", Part 2
    2:25
  • 18
    Chapter 1, Section 11: "Smashing Atoms", Part 3 / Chapter 1, Section 12: "'Let George Do It.'"
    3:06
  • 19
    Chapter 1, Section 13: "Bored by the History" / Chapter 1, Section 14: "Like Father, Like Son"
    3:11
  • 20
    Chapter 1, Section 15: "'Science Which Is Not a Science …'" / Chapter 1, Section 16: "Doubt and Uncertainty", Part 1
    2:56
  • 21
    Chapter 1, Section 16: "Doubt and Uncertainty", Part 2
    3:36
  • CD 2
  • 1
    Chapter 2: "Computing Machines in the Future": Editor's Introduction / Chapter 2, Section 1: "Introduction", Part 1
    Jeffrey Robbins read by Dan Cashman / Richard P. Feynman read by Dan Cashman
    2:51
  • 2
    Chapter 2, Section 1: "Introduction", Part 1
    3:02
  • 3
    Chapter 2, Section 1: "Introduction", Part 2 / Chapter 2, Section 2: "Parallel Computers"
    3:42
  • 4
    Chapter 2, Section 3: "Reducing the Energy Loss", Part 1
    3:07
  • 5
    Chapter 2, Section 3: "Reducing the Energy Loss", Part 2
    2:56
  • 6
    Chapter 2, Section 3: "Reducing the Energy Loss", Part 3
    3:17
  • 7
    Chapter 2, Section 4: "Reducing the Size", Part 1
    2:52
  • 8
    Chapter 2, Section 4: "Reducing the Size", Part 2
    3:24
  • 9
    Chapter 2, Section 4: "Reducing the Size", Part 3
    3:09
  • 10
    Chapter 2, Section 4: "Reducing the Size", Part 4
    2:40
  • 11
    Chapter 2, Section 5: "Questions and Answers", Part 1
    3:34
  • 12
    Chapter 2, Section 5: "Questions and Answers", Part 2
    3:15
  • 13
    Chapter 2, Section 5: "Questions and Answers", Part 3
    3:49
  • 14
    Chapter 2, Section 5: "Questions and Answers", Part 4
    2:16
  • 15
    Chapter 2, Section 5: "Questions and Answers", Part 5
    3:05
  • 16
    Chapter 3: "Los Alamos From Below": Editor's Introduction / Chapter 3, Part 1
    Jeffrey Robbins read by Dan Cashman / Richard P. Feynman read by Dan Cashman
    2:59
  • 17
    Chapter 3: "Los Alamos From Below", Part 2
    3:44
  • 18
    Chapter 3: "Los Alamos From Below", Part 3
    2:28
  • 19
    Chapter 3: "Los Alamos From Below", Part 4
    3:23
  • 20
    Chapter 3: "Los Alamos From Below", Part 5
    2:58
  • 21
    Chapter 3: "Los Alamos From Below", Part 6
    3:53
  • CD 3
  • 1
    Chapter 3: "Los Alamos From Below", Part 7
    3:06
  • 2
    Chapter 3: "Los Alamos From Below", Part 8
    3:05
  • 3
    Chapter 3: "Los Alamos From Below", Part 9
    3:13
  • 4
    Chapter 3: "Los Alamos From Below", Part 10
    2:59
  • 5
    Chapter 3: "Los Alamos From Below", Part 11
    3:11
  • 6
    Chapter 3: "Los Alamos From Below", Part 12
    3:42
  • 7
    Chapter 3: "Los Alamos From Below", Part 13
    2:59
  • 8
    Chapter 3: "Los Alamos From Below", Part 14
    3:27
  • 9
    Chapter 3: "Los Alamos From Below", Part 15
    3:05
  • 10
    Chapter 3: "Los Alamos From Below", Part 16
    2:41
  • 11
    Chapter 3: "Los Alamos From Below", Part 17
    2:57
  • 12
    Chapter 3: "Los Alamos From Below", Part 18
    2:39
  • 13
    Chapter 3: "Los Alamos From Below", Part 19
    2:50
  • 14
    Chapter 3: "Los Alamos From Below", Part 20
    3:31
  • 15
    Chapter 3: "Los Alamos From Below", Part 21
    3:02
  • 16
    Chapter 3: "Los Alamos From Below", Part 22
    2:44
  • 17
    Chapter 3: "Los Alamos From Below", Part 23
    3:18
  • 18
    Chapter 3: "Los Alamos From Below", Part 24
    3:08
  • 19
    Chapter 3: "Los Alamos From Below", Part 25
    3:21
  • 20
    Chapter 3: "Los Alamos From Below", Part 26
    3:39
  • 21
    Chapter 3: "Los Alamos From Below", Part 27
    2:04
  • 22
    Chapter 3: "Los Alamos From Below", Part 28
    2:24
  • CD 4
  • 1
    Chapter 3: "Los Alamos From Below", Part 29
    4:01
  • 2
    Chapter 3: "Los Alamos From Below", Part 31
    3:04
  • 3
    Chapter 3: "Los Alamos From Below", Part 32
    2:08
  • 4
    Chapter 3: "Los Alamos From Below", Part 33
    1:59
  • 5
    Chapter 4: "What Is and What Should Be the Role of Scientific Culture in Modern Society": Editor's Introduction / Chapter 4, Part 1
    Jeffrey Robbins read by Dan Cashman / Richard P. Feynman read by Dan Cashman
    3:27
  • 6
    Chapter 4: "What Is and What Should Be the Role of Scientific Culture in Modern Society", Part 2
    3:23
  • 7
    Chapter 4: "What Is and What Should Be the Role of Scientific Culture in Modern Society", Part 3
    3:20
  • 8
    Chapter 4: "What Is and What Should Be the Role of Scientific Culture in Modern Society", Part 4
    3:23
  • 9
    Chapter 4: "What Is and What Should Be the Role of Scientific Culture in Modern Society", Part 5
    2:23
  • 10
    Chapter 4: "What Is and What Should Be the Role of Scientific Culture in Modern Society", Part 6
    2:53
  • 11
    Chapter 4: "What Is and What Should Be the Role of Scientific Culture in Modern Society", Part 7
    3:23
  • 12
    Chapter 4: "What Is and What Should Be the Role of Scientific Culture in Modern Society", Part 8
    3:19
  • 13
    Chapter 4: "What Is and What Should Be the Role of Scientific Culture in Modern Society", Part 9
    3:38
  • 14
    Chapter 4: "What Is and What Should Be the Role of Scientific Culture in Modern Society", Part 10
    3:51
  • 15
    Chapter 4: "What Is and What Should Be the Role of Scientific Culture in Modern Society", Part 11
    3:55
  • 16
    Chapter 4: "What Is and What Should Be the Role of Scientific Culture in Modern Society", Part 12
    2:09
  • 17
    Chapter 4: "What Is and What Should Be the Role of Scientific Culture in Modern Society", Part 13
    1:56
  • 18
    Chapter 5: "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom": Editor's Introduction / Chapter 5, Section 1: "An Invitation to Enter a New Field of Physics", Part 1
    Jeffrey Robbins read by Dan Cashman / Richard P. Feynman read by Dan Cashman
    3:00
  • 19
    Chapter 5, Section 1: "An Invitation to Enter a New Field of Physics", Part 2
    2:40
  • 20
    Chapter 5, Section 2: "How Do We Write Small?", Part 1
    2:58
  • 21
    Chapter 5, Section 2: "How Do We Write Small?", Part 2
    2:44
  • 22
    Chapter 5, Section 3: "Information on a Small Scale" / Chapter 5, Section 4: "Better Electron Microscopes", Part 1
    3:52
  • CD 5
  • 1
    Chapter 5, Section 4: "Better Electron Microscopes", Part 2
    3:32
  • 2
    Chapter 5, Section 4: "Better Electron Microscopes", Part 3 / Chapter 5, Section 5: "The Marvelous Biological System" / Chapter 5, Section 6: "Miniaturizing the Computer", Part 1
    3:27
  • 3
    Chapter 5, Section 6: "Miniaturizing the Computer", Part 2 / Chapter 5, Section 7: "Miniaturization by Evaporation", Part 1
    3:09
  • 4
    Chapter 5, Section 7: "Miniaturization by Evaporation", Part 2
    3:03
  • 5
    Chapter 5, Section 7: "Miniaturization by Evaporation", Part 3 / Chapter 5, Section 8: "Problems of Lubrication", Part 1
    3:04
  • 6
    Chapter 5, Section 8: "Problems of Lubrication", Part 2
    3:07
  • 7
    Chapter 5, Section 8: "Problems of Lubrication", Part 3 / Chapter 5, Section 9: "A Hundred Tiny Hands", Part 1
    2:56
  • 8
    Chapter 5, Section 9: "A Hundred Tiny Hands", Part 2 / Chapter 5, Section 10: "Rearranging the Atoms", Part 1
    2:57
  • 9
    Chapter 5, Section 10: "Rearranging the Atoms", Part 2 / Chapter 5, Section 11: "Atoms in a Small World", Part 1
    3:25
  • 10
    Chapter 5, Section 11: "Atoms in a Small World", Part 2 / Chapter 5, Section 12: "High School Competition", Part 1
    2:09
  • 11
    Chapter 5, Section 12: "High School Competition", Part 2
    2:21
  • 12
    Chapter 6: "The Value of Science": Editor's Introduction / Chapter 6, Part 1
    Jeffrey Robbins read by Dan Cashman / Richard P. Feynman read by Dan Cashman
    3:05
  • 13
    Chapter 6: "The Value of Science", Part 2
    3:05
  • 14
    Chapter 6: "The Value of Science", Part 3
    3:13
  • 15
    Chapter 6: "The Value of Science", Part 4
    3:07
  • 16
    Chapter 6: "The Value of Science", Part 5
    3:32
  • 17
    Chapter 6: "The Value of Science", Part 6
    3:03
  • 18
    Chapter 7: "Richard P. Feynman’s Minority Report to the Space Shuttle Challenger Inquiry": Editor's Introduction / Chapter 7, Section 1: "Introduction", Part 1
    Jeffrey Robbins read by Dan Cashman / Richard P. Feynman read by Dan Cashman
    2:52
  • 19
    Chapter 7, Section 1: "Introduction", Part 2
    2:31
  • 20
    Chapter 7, Section 2: "Solid Fuel Rockets", Part 1
    3:31
  • 21
    Chapter 7, Section 2: "Solid Fuel Rockets", Part 2
    3:28
  • 22
    Chapter 7, Section 2: "Solid Fuel Rockets", Part 3 / Chapter 7, Section 3: "Liquid Fuel Engine", Part 1
    3:31
  • CD 6
  • 1
    Chapter 7, Section 3: "Liquid Fuel Engine", Part 1
    3:05
  • 2
    Chapter 7, Section 3: "Liquid Fuel Engine", Part 2
    3:48
  • 3
    Chapter 7, Section 3: "Liquid Fuel Engine", Part 3
    2:50
  • 4
    Chapter 7, Section 3: "Liquid Fuel Engine", Part 4
    2:48
  • 5
    Chapter 7, Section 3: "Liquid Fuel Engine", Part 5
    2:57
  • 6
    Chapter 7, Section 3: "Liquid Fuel Engine", Part 6 / Chapter 7, Section 4: "Avionics", Part 1
    2:24
  • 7
    Chapter 7, Section 4: "Avionics", Part 2
    2:55
  • 8
    Chapter 7, Section 4: "Avionics", Part 3
    2:55
  • 9
    Chapter 7, Section 4: "Avionics", Part 4 / Chapter 7, Section 5: "Conclusions", Part 1
    2:07
  • 10
    Chapter 7, Section 5: "Conclusions", Part 2
    1:58
  • 11
    Chapter 8: "What Is Science?": Editor's Introduction / Chapter 8, Part 1
    Jeffrey Robbins read by Dan Cashman / Richard P. Feynman read by Dan Cashman
    3:19
  • 12
    Chapter 8: "What Is Science?", Part 2
    3:16
  • 13
    Chapter 8: "What Is Science?", Part 3
    2:50
  • 14
    Chapter 8: "What Is Science?", Part 4
    3:03
  • 15
    Chapter 8: "What Is Science?", Part 5
    3:07
  • 16
    Chapter 8: "What Is Science?", Part 6
    3:26
  • 17
    Chapter 8: "What Is Science?", Part 7
    3:06
  • 18
    Chapter 8: "What Is Science?", Part 8
    3:07
  • 19
    Chapter 8: "What Is Science?", Part 9
    3:04
  • 20
    Chapter 8: "What Is Science?", Part 10
    3:01
  • 21
    Chapter 8: "What Is Science?", Part 11
    3:08
  • 22
    Chapter 8: "What Is Science?", Part 12
    3:23
  • 23
    Chapter 8: "What Is Science?", Part 13
    2:27
  • CD 7
  • 1
    Chapter 9: "The Smartest Man in the World": Editor's Introduction / Chapter 9, Part 1
    Jeffrey Robbins read by Dan Cashman / Richard P. Feynman & Monte Davis read by Dan Cashman
    2:48
  • 2
    Chapter 9: "The Smartest Man in the World", Part 2
    Richard P. Feynman & Monte Davis read by Dan Cashman
    2:47
  • 3
    Chapter 9: "The Smartest Man in the World", Part 3
    Richard P. Feynman & Monte Davis read by Dan Cashman
    2:35
  • 4
    Chapter 9: "The Smartest Man in the World", Part 4
    Richard P. Feynman & Monte Davis read by Dan Cashman
    3:18
  • 5
    Chapter 9: "The Smartest Man in the World", Part 5
    Richard P. Feynman & Monte Davis read by Dan Cashman
    3:13
  • 6
    Chapter 9: "The Smartest Man in the World", Part 6
    Richard P. Feynman & Monte Davis read by Dan Cashman
    3:29
  • 7
    Chapter 9: "The Smartest Man in the World", Part 7
    Richard P. Feynman & Monte Davis read by Dan Cashman
    2:48
  • 8
    Chapter 9: "The Smartest Man in the World", Part 8
    Richard P. Feynman & Monte Davis read by Dan Cashman
    2:31
  • 9
    Chapter 9: "The Smartest Man in the World", Part 9
    Richard P. Feynman & Monte Davis read by Dan Cashman
    3:14
  • 10
    Chapter 9: "The Smartest Man in the World", Part 10
    Richard P. Feynman & Monte Davis read by Dan Cashman
    2:09
  • 11
    Chapter 10: "Cargo Cult Science: Some Remarks on Science, Pseudoscience, and Learning How to Not Fool Yourself": Editor's Introduction / Chapter 10, Part 1
    Jeffrey Robbins read by Dan Cashman / Richard P. Feynman read by Dan Cashman
    2:33
  • 12
    Chapter 10: "Cargo Cult Science: Some Remarks on Science, Pseudoscience, and Learning How to Not Fool Yourself", Part 2
    2:58
  • 13
    Chapter 10: "Cargo Cult Science: Some Remarks on Science, Pseudoscience, and Learning How to Not Fool Yourself", Part 3
    3:21
  • 14
    Chapter 10: "Cargo Cult Science: Some Remarks on Science, Pseudoscience, and Learning How to Not Fool Yourself", Part 4
    3:34
  • 15
    Chapter 10: "Cargo Cult Science: Some Remarks on Science, Pseudoscience, and Learning How to Not Fool Yourself", Part 5
    2:47
  • 16
    Chapter 10: "Cargo Cult Science: Some Remarks on Science, Pseudoscience, and Learning How to Not Fool Yourself", Part 6
    3:22
  • 17
    Chapter 10: "Cargo Cult Science: Some Remarks on Science, Pseudoscience, and Learning How to Not Fool Yourself", Part 7
    2:48
  • 18
    Chapter 10: "Cargo Cult Science: Some Remarks on Science, Pseudoscience, and Learning How to Not Fool Yourself", Part 8
    3:19
  • 19
    Chapter 10: "Cargo Cult Science: Some Remarks on Science, Pseudoscience, and Learning How to Not Fool Yourself", Part 9
    2:56
  • 20
    Chapter 11: "It's as Simple as One, Two, Three": Editor's Introduction / Chapter 11, Part 1
    Jeffrey Robbins read by Dan Cashman / Richard P. Feynman read by Dan Cashman
    3:21
  • 21
    Chapter 11: "It's as Simple as One, Two, Three", Part 2
    2:56
  • 22
    Chapter 11: "It's as Simple as One, Two, Three", Part 3
    2:04
  • 23
    Chapter 11: "It's as Simple as One, Two, Three", Part 4
    2:16
  • CD 8
  • 1
    Chapter 11: "It's as Simple as One, Two, Three", Part 5
    2:30
  • 2
    Chapter 12: "Richard Feynman Builds a Universe": Editor's Introduction / Chapter 12, Part 1
    Jeffrey Robbins read by Dan Cashman / Narrator & Richard P. Feynman read by Dan Cashman
    2:52
  • 3
    Chapter 12: "Richard Feynman Builds a Universe", Part 2
    Narrator & Richard P. Feynman read by Dan Cashman
    2:59
  • 4
    Chapter 12: "Richard Feynman Builds a Universe", Part 3
    Narrator & Richard P. Feynman read by Dan Cashman
    3:44
  • 5
    Chapter 12: "Richard Feynman Builds a Universe", Part 4
    Narrator & Richard P. Feynman read by Dan Cashman
    2:52
  • 6
    Chapter 12: "Richard Feynman Builds a Universe", Part 5
    Narrator & Richard P. Feynman read by Dan Cashman
    3:00
  • 7
    Chapter 12: "Richard Feynman Builds a Universe", Part 6
    Narrator & Richard P. Feynman read by Dan Cashman
    3:18
  • 8
    Chapter 12: "Richard Feynman Builds a Universe", Part 7
    Narrator & Richard P. Feynman read by Dan Cashman
    3:42
  • 9
    Chapter 12: "Richard Feynman Builds a Universe", Part 8
    Narrator & Richard P. Feynman read by Dan Cashman
    3:42
  • 10
    Chapter 12: "Richard Feynman Builds a Universe", Part 9
    Narrator & Richard P. Feynman read by Dan Cashman
    2:46
  • 11
    Chapter 12: "Richard Feynman Builds a Universe", Part 10
    Narrator & Richard P. Feynman read by Dan Cashman
    2:44
  • 12
    Chapter 12: "Richard Feynman Builds a Universe", Part 11
    Narrator & Richard P. Feynman read by Dan Cashman
    3:18
  • 13
    Chapter 12: "Richard Feynman Builds a Universe", Part 12
    Narrator & Richard P. Feynman read by Dan Cashman
    2:48
  • 14
    Chapter 13: "The Relation of Science and Religion": Editor's Introduction / Chapter 13, Section 1, Part 1
    Jeffrey Robbins read by Dan Cashman / Richard P. Feynman read by Dan Cashman
    3:01
  • 15
    Chapter 13: "The Relation of Science and Religion", Section 1, Part 2
    3:15
  • 16
    Chapter 13: "The Relation of Science and Religion", Section 1, Part 3 / Chapter 13, Section 2: "Attitude of Uncertainty", Part 1
    3:16
  • 17
    Chapter 13, Section 2: "Attitude of Uncertainty", Part 2 / Chapter 13, Section 3: "Belief in God—and the Facts of Science", Part 1
    2:51
  • 18
    Chapter 13, Section 3: "Belief in God—and the Facts of Science", Part 2 / Chapter 13, Section 4: "Communism and the Scientific Viewpoint", Part 1
    2:43
  • 19
    Chapter 13, Section 4: "Communism and the Scientific Viewpoint", Part 2 / Chapter 13, Section 5: "Interconnections", Part 1
    3:00
  • 20
    Chapter 13, Section 5: "Interconnections", Part 2 / Chapter 13, Section 6: "Science and Moral Questions", Part 1
    3:12
  • 21
    Chapter 13, Section 6: "Science and Moral Questions", Part 2
    3:12
  • 22
    Chapter 13, Section 7: "The Heritages of Western Civilization"
    2:22

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