Quantum Man: Richard Feynman's Life in Science: 0 - Rilegato

Krauss, Lawrence M.

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ISBN 10: 0393064719 ISBN 13: 9780393064711

Casa editrice: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2011

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Perhaps the greatest physicist of the second half of the twentieth century, Richard Feynman changed the way we think about quantum mechanics, the most perplexing of all physical theories. Here Lawrence M. Krauss, himself a theoretical physicist and best-selling author, offers a unique scientific biography: a rollicking narrative coupled with clear and novel expositions of science at the limits. An immensely colorful persona in and out of the office, Feynman revolutionized our understanding of nature amid a turbulent life. Krauss presents that life—from the death of Feynman’s childhood sweetheart during the Manhattan Project to his reluctant rise as a scientific icon—as seen through the science, providing a new understanding of the legacy of a man who has fascinated millions. An accessible reflection on the issues that drive physics today, Quantum Man captures the story of a man who was willing to break all the rules to tame a theory that broke all the rules.

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Lawrence M. Krauss is a renowned cosmologist and popularizer of modern science and director of the Origins Project at Arizona State University. Hailed by Scientific American as a rare public intellectual, he is the author of more than three hundred scientific publications and seven books, and the recipient of numerous international awards for both his research and his writing.

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Book by Krauss Lawrence M

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• Editore: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0393064719
• ISBN 13: 9780393064711
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 350