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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.
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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.
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As a young physicist, Leonard Mlodinow looked for guidance from his mentor, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman. Drawing on transcripts from their meetings during their time together at Cal Tech, Mlodinow shares Feynman's provocative thoughts and observations. At once a moving portrait of a friendship and an affecting account of Feynman's final, creative years, this book celebrates the inspiring legacy of one of the greatest thinkers of our time.
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