Full name: Quantum Man: Richard Feynman's Life in Science

Author: Lawrence M. Krauss Year: 2011 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Science, Non Fiction, History, Memoirs Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780393064711 9780393340655 0393064719 0393340651

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. Here Lawrence M. Krauss, himself a theoretical physicist and best-selling author, offers a unique scientific biography: a rollicking narrative coupled with clear and novel expositions of science at the limits. An immensely colorful persona in and out of the office, Feynman revolutionized our understanding of nature amid a turbulent life. Krauss presents that life--from the death of Feynman's childhood sweetheart during the Manhattan Project to his reluctant rise as a scientific icon--as seen through the science, providing a new understanding of the legacy of a man who has fascinated millions. An accessible reflection on the issues that drive physics today, Quantum Man captures the story of a man who was willing to break all the rules to tame a theory that broke all the rules. This book is part of the "Great Discoveries" series. Here are some other books from this series: "The Man Who Knew Too Much" First published in 2006 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "The Reluctant Mr. Darwin" First published in 2006 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "Miss Leavitt's Stars" First published in 2005 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "Incompleteness" First published in 2005 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "Obsessive Genius" First published in 2005 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "Einstein's Cosmos" First published in 2004 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "Everything and More" First published in 2003 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: Similar books: Stephen Hawking by Kitty Ferguson The Strangest Man by Graham Farmelo Stephen Hawking by Michael White Erwin Schrodinger and the Quantum Revolution by John Gribbin Einstein by Michael White Genius by James Gleick Isaac Newton by Kathleen Krull Feynman's Rainbow by Leonard Mlodinow The Man Who Changed Everything by Basil Mahon The Starship and the Canoe by Kenneth Brower Einstein in Love by Dennis Overbye Richard Feynman by John Gribbin Einstein's Mistakes by Hans C. Ohanian How To Teach Physics To Your Dog by Chad Orzel Fear of Physics by Lawrence M. Krauss Obsessive Genius by Barbara Goldsmith Einstein's Cosmos by Michio Kaku The Reluctant Mr. Darwin by David Quammen Everything and More by David Foster Wallace Miss Leavitt's Stars by George Johnson