by George Johnson (Author)
No scientist has done more to shape our understanding of the universe than Murray Gell-Mann, the Nobel Prize-winner considered by many colleagues to be the most brilliant physicist of his generation. His discovery of the quark and the Eightfold Way were cornerstones for all that followed in particle physics, the effort to understand the very stuff of creation. In this, the first biography of Gell-Mann, George Johnson tells the story of a remarkable life.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 448
Edition: New e.
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 04 Jan 2001
ISBN 10: 0099284324
ISBN 13: 9780099284321
Book Overview: 'A dramatic and lucid biography of Gell-Mann, one of the true geniuses of the twentieth century' Daily Telegraph
Prizes: Shortlisted for Aventis Prizes for Science Books: General Prize 2001.