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More copies of this ISBNThis title in other editionseBook editionsFeynman's Rainbow: A Search for Beauty in Physics and in Lifeby Leonard Mlodinow
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In this funny, inspiring, and revelatory book, a young scientist looks back at the time he shared with Richard Feynman. In the early 1980s, Leonard Mlodinow came to the California Institute of Technology to begin a postdoctoral fellowship. Afraid he was not smart enough to be there in spite of his groundbreaking Ph.D. thesis, he took his insecurities to Richard Feynman, Caltech's intimidating resident genius and iconoclast. And so began a pivotal year of awakening in a young man's life. Through a series of fascinating, sprawling exchanges, Mlodinow and Feynman delved into the nature of science, creativity, love, mathematics, happiness, God, art, pleasures, and ambition. And as the relationship between them deepened, their conversations took on a sense of urgency. For while Mlodinow was searching for direction, Feynman was battling cancer — and confronting his own mortality. Synopsis:Einstein's Dreams meets Tuesdays with Morrie in Leonard Mlodinow's touching memoir about the guidance granted him by his mentor, the brilliant physicist Richard Feynman. For some, it was that special connection with a grandparent or a football coach, a boss, or a cleric. For Leonard Mlodinow, as a young physicist struggling to find his place in the world, the relationship that would most profoundly influence his life was with his mentor, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman. Synopsis:- FEYNMAN'S RAINBOW was published in Warner hardcover in 5/03, winning praise from publications including "Publishers Weekly and "Kirkus Reviews and was a "Discover magazine bestseller. It was chosen as a Book Sense 76 Pick for July/August 2003 and was a Featured Alternate of Library of Science Book Club.- Fifteen years after his death, Richard Feynman's icon status lives on in Web sites, articles, films, and plays. In 2002, the "New York Times Magazine published the article "The Cult of Richard Feynman," and Alan Alda starred in "QED, a critically acclaimed Broadway play about the physicist.- Leonard Mlodinow is the author of "Euclid's Window (Free Press, 2001), a critically acclaimed history of geometry, and a television writer, whose credits include "Star Trek: The Next Generation.- Foreign rights were sold in China, Hungary, Japan, Korea, Portugal, Spain, and the UK. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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