Genius: Richard Feynman and Modern Physics - Couverture rigide

Gleick, James

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0316903167 ISBN 13 : 9780316903165

Editeur : Little, Brown & Company, 1992

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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 exposé 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.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Little, Brown & Company
• Date d'édition: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0316903167
• ISBN 13: 9780316903165
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 532