Quantum Man: Richard Feynman's Life in Science
Quantum Man: Richard Feynman's Life in Science
Author: Lawrence M. Krauss
Desc: "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. Here Lawrence M. Krauss himself a theoretical physicist and a best-selling author offers a unique scientific biography: a rollicking narrative coupled with clear and novel expositions of science at the limits. 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 providing a new understanding of the legacy of a man who has fascinated millions.