Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman by Gleick
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Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman by Gleick
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SKU: 2210415
"The life story of one of the century's most brilliant and unusual thinkers... superbly researched and well written." - Chicago Sun-Times More details...You can earn 20 Gems on this product! Price: P280.00 List Price: P750.00 You Save: P470.00 Availability: Currently Out of Stock
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Product Details
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Format: Trade paperback
Condition: vg- condition, minor shelf wear, light fold on back cover
Size: 5.25"x8.0"
Pages: 520pp, 1993 edition
"A rare, jewel-like biography... terrifically readable. It achieves an almost perfect balance between the physicist's work and his life.. Gleick is a consummate craftsman."- Washington Post Book World
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 20th century physics led from making of the atomic bomb to a Nobel Prize- winning theory of quantum electrodynamics to his devastating expose 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 the dense skein of Feynman's thought as well as the paradoxes of his character in a biography- w/c was nominated for a National Book Award- of outstanding lucidity and compassion.
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