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Original Title:	Tuva or Bust! Richard Feynman's Last Journey
ISBN:	0393320693 (ISBN13: 9780393320695)
Edition Language:	English

Tuva or Bust!: Richard Feynman's Last Journey

Ralph Leighton

Paperback | Pages: 272 pages

Rating: 3.98 | 1717 Users | 73 Reviews

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Title	:	Tuva or Bust!: Richard Feynman's Last Journey
Author	:	Ralph Leighton
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 272 pages
Published	:	June 17th 2000 by W. W. Norton Company (first published January 1st 1991)
Categories	:	Biography. Nonfiction. Travel. Science. Autobiography. Memoir. Cultural. Russia

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In 1977, Feynman and his sidekick— fellow drummer and geography enthusiast Ralph Leighton—set out to make arrangements to visit Tuva, doing noble and hilarious battle with Soviet red tape, befriending quite a few Tuvans, and discovering the wonders of Tuvan throat-singing. Their Byzantine attempts to reach Tannu Tuva would span a decade, interrupted by Feynman's appointment to the committee investigating the Challenger disaster, and his tragic struggle with the cancer that finally killed him. Tuva or Bust! chronicles the deepening friendship of two zany, brilliant strategists whose love of the absurd will delight and instruct. It is Richard Feynman's last, best adventure.

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Unlike what the subtitle suggests, this book is not a story about the physicist Richard Feynman based on his own words, as in prior books for the general public edited by his friend, fellow drummer, and son of a colleague, Ralph Leighton. Rather, it is about an eleven-year campaign to circumvent Soviet bureaucracy waged by Leighton, Feynman, and Glen Cowan to visit a country on the far south of central Siberia, next to the northwest of Mongolia, known during the 1977-1988 period of this book as

Tuva or Bust! tells the story of the late Nobel-winning physicist Richard Feynman and his sidekick Ralph Leighton as they plotted (in the later days of the Cold War) to visit the forbidden central Asian Soviet city of Tuva, simply to see if they could do it. The narrative is at first hilarious, full of their creative hijinks and harmless machinations, inspiring me to think, These guys really know how to live! By that I mean their endless curiosity and wit in turning setbacks into further

As a travel narrative, this is a bit of an unusual book, in that it is mostly about trying to get to a particular place, but doesn't really provide a narrative of actually traveling there. As with much else in Richard Feynman's life, this all began with a whimsical bit of silliness. Feynman knew of Tannu Tuva from his childhood stamp collecting, and used that trivia to stump his friend Ralph Leighton. In the process, he triggered a quest to visit this remote place, which was nominally

It all started in thre mid-1970's with an animated dinner-table discussion between friends about obscure geographic locations.When Richard Feynman produced a postage stamp that had been part of his childhood stamp collection from a country called Tuva, the two friends at once became interested in finding out more. When they discovered that the capital of Tuva is calldd Kyzyl thdy became nearly obsessed with the idea of visiting Tuva.Unfortunately, getting to Tuva would not be easy. It lay deep

I really enjoyed this book. Feynman had a great and curious mind as well as a good sense of humor. It's interesting to see how much the world has changed since the fall of communisum and how much it has stayed the same,it's still hard to get to Tannu Tuva

I was enjoying this book, it's circuitous journey, the quirky explorations of intelligent minds... But, SPOILER ALERT! I resented finding out Feynman never got there when the book was advertised as the tale of his last journey. ... Just seemed like a cheap trick which kinda spoiled the theretofore pleasurable read for me.

I got from this book the spirit of Feynman: curiosity, doesn't mind being silly at times, trying and most importantly enjoy the process of it all. It is always interesting when one press on a silly idea, and found out that its not too silly after all. Although the book has less to do with Feynman than expected, it is nevertheless a very enjoyable, lighthearted read with a "surprise" ending, something of a rarity in a non-fiction.