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I hate how his books have been censored after his death. Always try to find first editions.



What has been censored in them?


Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman? is the most heavily edited.

Gell-Mann famously threatened to sue Feynman if he didn't alter his book which he did in later printings.

The parts of the Cargo Cult Science chapter that referenced specific scammers were removed out of fear of a defamation lawsuit.

The Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Path chapter in which he discusses picking up women at bars was removed after the first edition.

All of Surely You're Joking received a pass to change the language of the book in order to "remove sexist and misogynistic language".

What Do You Care What Other People Think? was also altered to remove his descriptions of his first wife and broadly the language of the book was also updated.




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