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