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Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman Paperback - 1993

by James Gleick

From the author of the national bestseller Chaos comes an outstanding biography of one of the most dazzling and flamboyant scientists of the 20th century that "not only paints a highly attractive portrait of Feynman but also . . . makes for a stimulating adventure in the annals of science" (The New York Times). 16 pages of photos.


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A gem of a book, about the life and mind of one of the most influential and iconoclastic characters in 20th century physics. Really a pleasure to read.

From the publisher

To his colleagues, Richard Feynman was not so much a genius as he was a full-blown magician: someone who "does things that nobody else could do and that seem completely unexpected." The path he cleared for twentieth-century physics led from the making of the atomic bomb to a Nobel Prize-winning theory of quantam electrodynamics to his devastating expos of the Challenger space shuttle disaster. At the same time, the ebullient Feynman established a reputation as an eccentric showman, a master safe cracker and bongo player, and a wizard of seduction. Now James Gleick, author of the bestselling Chaos, unravels teh dense skein of Feynman's thought as well as the paradoxes of his character in a biography--which was nominated for a National Book Award--of outstanding lucidity and compassion.

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  • Title Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman
  • Author James Gleick
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 560
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Vintage, New York
  • Date 1993-11-02
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780679747048 / 0679747044
  • Weight 1.23 lbs (0.56 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.05 x 5.19 x 1.15 in (20.45 x 13.18 x 2.92 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Physicists - United States - Biography, Feynman, Richard Phillips
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 93007838
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

About the author

JAMES GLEICK is our leading chronicler of science and technology, the best-selling author of Chaos: Making a New Science, Isaac Newton, and The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood. His books have been translated into thirty languages. www.around.com
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