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Synopsis: A profile of the noted physicist and author of Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman captures his wit, his genius, and his eccentricities and outlines his remarkable contributions to science.
Review: Richard Feynman was something of a rarity: a science superstar. Like another superstar who preceded him, Albert Einstein, Feynman's science was ahead of his time, but it was his qualities as a human being that caught the imaginations of ordinary people. A whole body of legend has grown up around the man--much of it promulgated by Feynman himself--and nearly 10 years after his death he remains a popular subject of memoirs, biographies, and even films. In Richard Feynman, respected science writers John and Mary Gribbins combine biography with popular science in this absorbing look at the great man's life and work.
Though there's little new information about Feynman's personal life and interests here--everything from his passion for bongo drums to his fascination with the country of Tuva has been documented many times and in many places before now--the Gribbons do an exemplary job of explaining just why Feyman was such a giant among physicists. Quanatum theory is the kind of subject that could give the average reader a raging headache, yet the Gribbons explain it so well that by the end of Richard Feynman even the most non-scientific among us will be able to appreciate just what a singular contribution to our world this science superstar made.
Title: Richard Feynman : A Life in Science
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication Date: 1997
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Edition: 1ST.
Book Description Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Edition. Pages are tight and clean except for approximately 50 pages that have some underlining and minor margin notes. Gift inscribed on the Fep. 301 pages. Seller Inventory # 6018309
Book Description Condition: Good. 1ST. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Seller Inventory # 2369034-20
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Book Description Condition: Very Good. 1ST. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. Seller Inventory # GRP97693285
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 301 pages. Seller Inventory # 253251
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1st printing. Unmarked copy showing some reader's use and handling. 301pp. Unmarked jacket lightly rubbed. Size: 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Seller Inventory # 069839
Book Description Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. Like New. Tight, clean and crisp. An excellent copy protected in a new Mylar cover. No inscriptions. No remainder mark. Not price clipped. Not ex-library. Like New. ; 9 X 6.10 X 1.20 inches; 320 pages. Seller Inventory # 21828
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. first edition/second printing book is tight with no markings, mild soiling to top page edge, dj has light rubbing with curling along the edges. Seller Inventory # 011242
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Book and jacket both have light wear to the head and heel of the spine, else clean and tight with no marks or stamps. Seller Inventory # 001283