Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman

This book by Richard Feynman has been genuinely recommended 4 times across 2 different shows: Andrew Huberman, Tim Ferriss. The people who vouched for it on air: Andrew Huberman, Tim Ferriss. It comes up in conversations about anxiety & stress, brain health, focus & dopamine, longevity & aging, meditation & mindfulness. The earliest recommendation we indexed is from Feb 2022 and the most recent from Jan 2026. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

The biography of the physicist and Nobel prize winner Richard P. Feynman - a collection of short stories, chapters told to and written down by Ralph Leighton. Feynman tells of his childhood and youth and goes into his adult life, both personally and professionally.

• “if you read any of the books about Fineman or by Fineman, surely you're joking, Mr. Fineman or what do you care what other people think? These are wonderful short stories”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “These are wonderful short stories”
  Andrew Huberman · Huberman Lab · Jan 202600:21:53

  Said during "Using Play to Rewire & Improve Your Brain | Huberman Lab Essentials". The episode features Andrew Huberman (solo): Professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford School of Medicine and host of the Huberman Lab podcast. This is a solo Essentials episode. Huberman explains the neuroscience of play and why low-stakes, playful exploration is the most powerful portal to lifelong brain plasticity.

• “one of them is surely you're joking Mr Fineman that's That's a classic on my bookshelf that I revisit pretty often”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “That's a classic on my bookshelf that I revisit pretty often”
  Tim Ferriss · The Tim Ferriss Show · Oct 202200:17:06

  Said during "Relentless Focus, Full-Contact Entrepreneurship, Epigenetic Reprogramming, and More". The episode features Brian Armstrong: Co-founder and CEO of Coinbase, the crypto exchange he founded in 2012; also funder of biotech startup New Limit and scientific platform ResearchHub. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong on building crypto, making unpopular leadership calls, and funding longevity science.

• “If you haven't already read books such as "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman," or "What Do You Care What Other People Think," I encourage you to do so.”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “I encourage you to do so”
  Andrew Huberman · Huberman Lab · May 202200:38:14

  Said during "The Science & Process of Healing From Grief". The episode features Andrew Huberman: Professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford School of Medicine and host of the Huberman Lab Podcast. This is a solo episode with no outside guest. Huberman reframes grief as a motivational, dopamine-driven yearning state and explains how to remap loss across space, time, and closeness.

• “If you read any of the books about Feynman or by Feynman "Surely You're Joking." Mr. Feynman... these are wonderful short stories”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “these are wonderful short stories”
  Andrew Huberman · Huberman Lab · Feb 202201:06:43

  Said during "Using Play to Rewire & Improve Your Brain". The episode features Andrew Huberman: Professor of Neurobiology and Ophthalmology at Stanford School of Medicine and host of the Huberman Lab Podcast. This is a solo episode with no outside guest. Andrew Huberman explains how play rewires the brain at any age by triggering neuroplasticity through low-stakes, low-adrenaline exploration of new roles and contingencies.