Quantum Man: Richard Feynman's Life in Science (Great Discoveries)
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| Rating | : | 4.39 (993 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0393340651 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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In the 1960s, Feynman entered the field of quantum gravity and created important tools and techniques for scientists studying black holes and gravity waves. This book is highly recommended for readers who want to get to know one of the preeminent scientists of the 20th century. He incorporates Feynman's lectures and quotes several of the late physicist's colleagues to aid him in this process. (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved. Author Krauss (The Physics of Star Trek), an MIT-trained physicist, doesn't necessarily break new ground in this biography, but Krauss excels in his ability, like Feynman himself, to make complicated physics comprehensible. From Publishers Weekly Physicist Richard Feynman has a reputation as a bongo-playing, hard-partying, flamboyant Nobel Prize laureate for his work on quantum electrodynamics theory, but this tends to obscure the fact that he was a brilliant thinker who continued making contributions to scie
Here Lawrence M. "A worthy addition to the Feynman shelf and a welcome follow-up to the standard-bearer, James Gleick's Genius." Kirkus Reviews Perhaps the greatest physicist of the second half of the twentieth century, Richard Feynman changed the way we think about quantum mechanics, the most perplexing of all physical theories. From the death of Feynman’s childhood sweetheart during the Manhattan Project to his reluctant rise as a scientific icon, we see Feynman’s life through his science, pro
Ash Jogalekar said Separating the man and his science from the legend. I still remember the day when, as a kid, I first came across the irrepressible Richard Feynman's memoirs "Surely you're joking Mr. Feynman". Within a few hours I was laughing so hard that tears were coming out of my eyes. Whether he was fixing radios 'by thinking', devising novel methods . "An essential Feynman book" according to Donald E. Fulton. I'm an engineer. Over the years I have probably read all the popular books by and about Feynman, and like many others with an interest in physics I own his three volume 'Feynman Lectures on Physics'. I knew I had to buy this little book, when in a bookstore I opened it to a random spot an. Sylvain lafreniere said If you are curious about the genius of Feynman as a great scientist and want to learn more about a key. Krauss nails it with this book. If you are curious about the genius of Feynman as a great scientist and want to learn more about a key quantum physics topic called QED.this is a must read. Very educational with many funny passages as Krauss exposes his good sense of humor.
. He lives in Tempe, Arizona, and Shaker Heights, Ohio. Krauss is the director of the Origins Initiative at Arizona State University and has written more than three hundred scientific publications and seven books, including The Physics of Star Trek and A Universe from Nothing. Lawrence M