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Feynman's Rainbow
A Search for Beauty in Physics and in Life
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Some of the brightest minds in science have passed through the halls of the California Institute of Technology. In the early 1980s, Leonard Mlodinow joined their ranks to begin a postdoctoral fellowship. Afraid he was not smart enough to be there, despite his groundbreaking Ph.D. thesis, he took his insecurities to Richard Feynman, Caltechβs intimidating resident genius and iconoclast.
So began a pivotal year in a young manβs life. Through a series of fascinating exchanges, Mlodinow and Feynman delve into the nature of science, creativity, love, mathematics, happiness, God, art, pleasures and ambition, producing a moving portrait of a friendship and an affecting account of Feynmanβs final creative years.
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Stephen Hawking describes the book as "an accessible portrait of a brilliant man," while The Dallas Morning News calls it "a very unusual memoir of a very unusual authorβs revealing encounters with a very human legend." American Scientist praises it as "sweetly entertaining" and inspirational for young scientists. The Independent highlights Mlodinowβs engaging depiction of campus life and cutting-edge theoretical physics, and Publishers Weekly commends the accessible style that vividly brings to life the peculiar world of physics. David Berlinski finds it "exhilarating," reflecting the warmth and brilliance of Feynman himself.
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ISBN: 9780307946492
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 29 November 2011
Country: United States
Imprint: Random House Inc
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 13.0mm
Width: 135.0mm
Height: 201.0mm
Weight: 159g
Pages: 192
About the Author
LEONARD MLODINOWΒ received his Ph.D. in theoretical physics from the University of California, Berkeley, was an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at the Max Planck Institute, and was on the faculty of the California Institute of Technology. His previous books include the best sellersΒ Subliminal Β (winner of the PEN/E. O. Wilson Award),Β War of the WorldviewsΒ (with Deepak Chopra),Β The Grand Design(with Stephen Hawking), andΒ The Drunkardβs Walk: How Randomness Rules Our LivesΒ (aΒ New York TimesΒ Notable Book), as well asΒ Euclidβs Window. He also wrote for the television seriesΒ MacGyverΒ andΒ Star Trek: The Next Generation.
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