The Beat of a Different Drum: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman

Mehra, Jagdish

ISBN 10: 0198539487 / ISBN 13: 9780198539483

Published by Oxford U. Press, NY, 1994

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Beat of a Different Drum: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman
• Publisher: Oxford U. Press, NY
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198539487
• ISBN 13: 9780198539483
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st US.
• Condition: Near Fine/Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

Richard P. Feynman was arguably the greatest American-born theoretical physicist of the twentieth century. A teacher, showman, bongo drummer, and iconoclast of the first rank, he distained authority and despised ceremony, yet was a scientific magician capable of transcendental leaps of the imagination. The Beat of a Different Drum is the definitive account of Feynman's life and work. It covers his childhood, his three marriages, and his extraordinary range of interests. But most importantly, it deals in great detail with his scientific work - from his research on the atomic bomb, via his famous path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, to the quantum theory of gravitation, partons, quark jets, and the limits of computation. Jagdish Mehra personally knew Richard Feynman for thirty years. Feynman invited Mehra to spend three weeks of interviews with him shortly before his death on 15 February 1988, and encouraged him to write this book. What has emerged is a truly authoratitive account of the life and achievements of one of the greatest men of our century.

About the Authors

About the author:
Jagdish Mehra is the author of many articles and books on twentieth-centuryphysics, including Einstein, Hilbert, and the Theory of Gravitation and the first five volumes (seven books) of The Historical Development of QuantumTheory, with Helmut Rechenburg. The Citadel Distinguished Professor of Physics at Charleston, South Carolina, Jadish Mehra received the Humboldt Prize in 1976.


Jagdish Mehra is currently The Citadel Distinguished Professor of Physics in Charleston, South Carolina.