Tuva Or Bust!: Richard Feynman's Last JourneyW. W. Norton & Company, 2000 - 260 pages 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. |
Table des matières
To the Reader | 7 |
There Is No Such Country | 13 |
Fortyfive Snowy I | 18 |
Mysterious Melodies | 39 |
Hail to the Chief | 62 |
We Appear the Center of Asia | 74 |
Three Americans Reach Tuva | 90 |
Meeting in Moscow | 104 |
The Trip Is Arranged | 185 |
Catalina Cowboys | 203 |
The Invitation Arrives | 214 |
Epilogue | 221 |
Reflections 2000 | 231 |
Protocol | 237 |
WELCOME | 247 |
FRIENDS OF TUVA | 251 |