About this title: This title tells the story of Leonard Mlodinow's first year on the Caltech faculty in the winter of 1981. It is the narrative of himself as a young physicist trying to find his place in the world and the wisdom of an old, and dying physicist who helped him, the legendary Richard Feynman. But it is also the story of this famous scientist's last days, his rivalry with fellow Nobel laureate Murray Gell-Mann, and the beginnings of the string theory, the theory that is now the leading theory in physics and cosmology. The book reveals the untold side of Richard Feynman, candid and off-the-cuff. ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Allen Lane / Penguin 2003
ISBN-13:9780713996432ISBN:0713996439
Description: BRAND NEW hardback in dw. POST FREE in the UK for a limited period. * 1st Edition. '. the most vivid and revealing portrait yet of Richard Feynman, drawing on intimate conversations with the great physicist to offer an unprecedented insight into his inspirational life and work. ' read more
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