Richard Feynman A Life in Science (Penguin Press Science S.)

by JohnGribbin (Author), Mary Gribbin (Author)

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  Paperback
  1998

  $4.60

  This text is a portrayal of one of the greatest scientists of the late 20th-century, which also provides a picture of the significant physics of the period. It combines personal anecdotes, writings and recollections with narrative. Richard Feynman's career included: war-time work on the atomic bomb at Los Alamos; a theory of quantum mechanics for which he won the Nobel prize; and major contributions to the sciences of gravity, nuclear physics and particle theory. In 1986, he was able to show that the Challenger disaster was due to the effect of cold on the booster rocket rubber sealings.

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  Hardcover
  1997

  $4.12

  A biography of Richard Feynman, winner of a Nobel Prize for his discoveries concerning the behaviour of electrons, which shows that for him, physics and life in general were fun, and that he had an extraordinary ability to prove his unique vision of the world in terms of formulae.