{"product_id":"genius-the-life-and-science-of-richard-feynman-paperback","title":"Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Gleick\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo his colleagues, Richard Feynman was not so much a genius as he was a full-blown magician: someone who \"does things that nobody else could do and that seem completely unexpected.\" The path he cleared for twentieth-century physics led from the making of the atomic bomb to a Nobel Prize-winning theory of quantam electrodynamics to his devastating exposé of the \u003ci\u003eChallenger \u003c\/i\u003espace shuttle disaster. At the same time, the ebullient Feynman established a reputation as an eccentric showman, a master safe cracker and bongo player, and a wizard of seduction. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow James Gleick, author of the bestselling Chaos, unravels teh dense skein of Feynman's thought as well as the paradoxes of his character in a biography--which was nominated for a National Book Award--of outstanding lucidity and compassion.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJAMES GLEICK\u003c\/b\u003e is our leading chronicler of science and technology, the best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eChaos: Making a New Science, Isaac Newton, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood\u003c\/i\u003e. His books have been translated into thirty languages. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ewww.around.com\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 560\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.15 x 8.05 x 5.19 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 02, 1993\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e National Book Awards (1992)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52855999004896,"sku":"9780679747048","price":23.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/sU2T_WTOkm9780679747048.webp?v=1781246809","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/genius-the-life-and-science-of-richard-feynman-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}