Richard Feynman: A Life in Science - Softcover

Gribbin, John; Gribbin, Mary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1785783726 ISBN 13: 9781785783722

Publisher: Icon Books, 2018

Synopsis

One hundred years on from his birth, and 30 since his death, Richard Feynman's discoveries in modern physics are still thoroughly relevant. Magnificently charismatic and fun-loving, he brought a sense of adventure to the study of science. His extraordinary career included war-time work on the atomic bomb at Los Alamos, a profoundly original theory of quantum mechanics, for which he won the Nobel prize, and major contributions to the sciences of gravity, nuclear physics and particle theory., Interweaving personal anecdotes and recollections with clear scientific narrative, acclaimed science writers John and Mary Gribbin reveal a fascinating man with an immense passion for life - a superb teacher, a wonderful showman and one of the greatest scientists of his generation.

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Review:

‘Richard Feynman was to the second half of the century what Einstein was to the first: the perfect example of scientific genius.’ Author: Independent

From the Author:

MARY GRIBBIN is a teacher and science writer, and previous winner of the TES Junior Information Book Award. She is a Visiting Fellow at the University of Sussex, and her latest book, Out of the Shadow of a Giant: Hooke, Halley and the Birth of Science, co-written with John Gribbin published May 2017.

About this edition

• Publisher: Icon Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1785783726
• ISBN 13: 9781785783722
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320