Genius
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| Author(s) | James Gleick |
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| Subtitle | The Life and Science of Richard Feynman |
| Publisher | Vintage Books USA |
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| Richard Feynman’s life encompassed the most important discoveries and changes in science in this century. As a boy he tinkered with radios and as a scientist he looked at all things from an unusual and unique perspective. Richard Feynman, winner of the Nobel Prize, was an eccentric and hard-driven perfectionist—a genius indeed. Feynman’s career touched on every area of modern science: from the Manhattan Project to quantum mechanics, to the Space Shuttle Commission. Beyond the importance of the physicist, we learn of a man whose emotional demons made him all the… | |
Richard Feynman’s life encompassed the most important discoveries and changes in science in this century. As a boy he tinkered with radios and as a scientist he looked at all things from an unusual and unique perspective. Richard Feynman, winner of the Nobel Prize, was an eccentric and hard-driven perfectionist—a genius indeed. Feynman’s career touched on every area of modern science: from the Manhattan Project to quantum mechanics, to the Space Shuttle Commission. Beyond the importance of the physicist, we learn of a man whose emotional demons made him all the more human. In the hands of gifted writer James Gleick, Richard Feynman is a man worth knowing.
Honors
- 1993 LATimes–Sci/Tech finalist
- 1993 Pulitzer–Biography finalist
- 1992 NBA–Nonfiction finalist
- Score: 18.43
Reviews
Amazon.com
If you’ve read any of Richard Feynman’s wonderful autobiographies you may think that a biography of Feynman would be a waste of your time. Wrong! Gleick’s Genius is a masterpiece of scientific biography—and an inspiration to anyone in pursuit of their own fulfillment as a person of genius. Deservedly nominated for a National Book Award, underservedly passed over by the committee in the face of tough competition, and very deservedly a book that you must read.
