Genius : Richard Feynman and modern physics / James Gleick.
By: Gleick, James
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BookPublisher: London : Abacus, 1992Description: x, 532 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0349105324.Subject(s): Feynman, Richard P. (Richard Phillips), 1918-1988 | Physicists -- United States -- Biography | Physics -- History -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 530.092 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 530.092 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00018498 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Richard Feynman was the most brilliant and influential physicist of our time. Architect of quantum theories, enfant terrible of the atomic bomb project, caustic inquisitor on the space shuttle commission, ebulent bongo-player and storyteller - Feynman played a bewildering assortment of roles in the science of the post-war era.
A brilliant interweaving of Richard Feynman's colourful life and a detailed and accessible account of his theories and experiments.
Bibliography: (pages 493-516) and index.
Far rockaway -- MIT -- Princeton -- Los Alamos -- Cornell -- Caltech -- Epilogue.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
He wrote the worldwide bestseller Chaos, which was nominated for the National Book Award. He was the 1990 McGraw Distinguished Lecturer at Princeton University.(Publisher Provided)