Matt Lehrer reviewed Genius by James Gleick
The ultimate shape shifter
4 stars
A second Dirac, but human. An incredible life and person (and book).
Hardcover, 532 pages
Published Nov. 5, 1992 by Little, Brown.
Genius
by James Gleick
James Gleick: Genius (Hardcover, 1992, Little, Brown)
- ISBN:
- 978-0-316-90316-5
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4 stars
(1 review)
A gem of a book, about the life and mind of one of the most influential and iconoclastic characters in 20th century physics. Really a pleasure to read.
Subjects
- Biography: general
- USA
- Inter-war period, 1918-1939
- Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- 20th century
- Feynman, Richard Phillips
- History
- PHYSICS
- Physicists