Richard P. Feynman, Nobel Prize winner in Physics, sought and enjoyed challenging adventures. In this book, a global bestseller for many decades, he uniquely recounts his experiences from meetings and exchanging ideas about modern physics with Einstein and Bohr, from discussions about gambling with Nick the Greek, from his amusing habit of cracking the unprotected safes of the military where the atomic secrets of the USA were kept, from his efforts to learn to play the bongos to participate in the Brazilian carnival of Rio, from his painting exercises with strip-bar dancers in California - and many other unexpected incidents in the life of one of the greatest theoretical physicists of our time. In short, the eccentric brilliance of Feynman - a volatile mix of high intelligence, boundless curiosity, and bottomless audacity - is recorded here.