Quantum Man: Richard Feynman's Life in Science (Great Discoveries)
- ISBN-10
- 0393340651
- ISBN-13
- 9780393340655
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 368
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-03-26
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Author
- Lawrence M Krauss
Description
Traces the colorful, turbulent life of the Nobel Prize-winning physicist, from the death of his childhood sweetheart during the Manhattan Project to his rise as an icon in the scientific community.
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