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Genius

The Life and Science of Richard Feynman

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Written by: James Gleick
Narrated by: Dick Estell
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Summary

 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. Physics Professionals & Academics Science Science & Technology Mathematics Cosmology Technology
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Great recount of Feynman's life and the history of physics throughout it, including the tear-jerking moments. It makes me sad that I was born too late to know about him while he was still alive.

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