Richard Feynman
eBook - ePub

Richard Feynman

A Life in Science

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Richard Feynman

A Life in Science

About this book

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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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Epigraph
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Prologue: ‘We love you Dick’
  7. 1 A fascination with physics
  8. 2 Physics before Feynman
  9. 3 College boy
  10. 4 Early works
  11. 5 From Los Alamos to Cornell
  12. 6 The masterwork
  13. 7 The legend of Richard Feynman
  14. 8 Supercool science
  15. 9 Fame and (some) fortune
  16. 10 Beyond the Nobel Prize
  17. 11 Father figure
  18. 12 The last challenge
  19. 13 The final years
  20. 14 Feynman after Feynman
  21. Epilogue: In search of Feynman’s van
  22. Bibliography
  23. Index
  24. About the Authors
  25. Copyright