The moving, humorous tale of Richard Feynman's quest for the lost country of Tannu Tuva follows the renowned physicist as he struggles with cancer and searches for the elusive Tuva. Reprint. As a stamp-collecting boy always fascinated by remote places, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman was particularly taken by the diamond-shaped stamps from a place called Tannu Tuva deep within Outer Mongolia. He hoped, someday, to travel there. To the Reader 7(6) There Is No Such Country 13(5) Forty-five Snowy I 18(21) Mysterious Melodies 39(23) Hail to the Chief! 62(12) We Appear in the Center of Asia 74(16) Three Americans Reach Tuva 90(14) Meeting in Moscow 104(26) Amateur Ambassadors 130(18) Clowns or Con Men? 148(20) The Keller Accord 168(17) The Trip Is Arranged 185(18) Catalina Cowboys 203(11) The Invitation Arrives 214(7) Epilogue 221(10) Reflections 2000 231(5) Painting of Richard Feynman 236(1) Appendix A: Protocol 237(10) Appendix B: welcome 247(4) Richard Feynman Appendix C: friends of tuva 251(2) Index 253