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Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman
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by James Gleick

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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.

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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
  • Publication date 1993-11-02
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • 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)
  • Category Biography / Autobiography
  • Library of Congress subjects Physicists - United States - Biography, Feynman, Richard Phillips
  • Library of Congress Catalogue 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.

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