Genius: Richard Feynman and Modern Physics

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For nearly 50 years, until his death in 1988, Richard Feynman's work lay at the heart of the development of modern physics. Always controversial, Feynman was the key physicist from his days as part of the A-bomb-making team at Los Alamos in the early 1940s, until his discovery of the reason for the Challenger space shuttle disaster 40 years later. The book combines biography with an accessible account of his thought and its context.

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'Excellent ... Gleck's account fully deserves its title' GUARDIAN 'A rich narrative that mixes science with fly-on-the-wall detail' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

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James Gleick was an editor and reporter at the New York Times for ten years. He is the author of GENIUS and also CHAOS, which was nominated for the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. He lives in New York City.