Genius - by James Gleick (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>From the author of the national bestseller Chaos comes an outstanding biography of one of the most dazzling and flamboyant scientists of the 20th century that "not only paints a highly attractive portrait of Feynman but also . . . makes for a stimulating adventure in the annals of science" (The New York Times). 16 pages of photos.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>To his colleagues, Richard Feynman was not so much a genius as he was a full-blown magician: someone who "does things that nobody else could do and that seem completely unexpected." The path he cleared for twentieth-century physics led from the making of the atomic bomb to a Nobel Prize-winning theory of quantam electrodynamics to his devastating exposé of the <i>Challenger </i>space shuttle disaster. At the same time, the ebullient Feynman established a reputation as an eccentric showman, a master safe cracker and bongo player, and a wizard of seduction. <p/>Now James Gleick, author of the bestselling Chaos, unravels teh dense skein of Feynman's thought as well as the paradoxes of his character in a biography--which was nominated for a National Book Award--of outstanding lucidity and compassion.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>JAMES GLEICK</b> is our leading chronicler of science and technology, the best-selling author of <i>Chaos: Making a New Science, Isaac Newton, </i>and <i>The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood</i>. His books have been translated into thirty languages. <p/>www.around.com
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