The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman

Feynman, Richard P.

ISBN 10: 0465023959 / ISBN 13: 9780465023950

Verlag: Basic Books, 2005

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This collection from scientist and Nobel Peace Prize winner highlights the achievements of a man whose career reshaped the world's understanding of quantum electrodynamics.

The Pleasure of Finding Things Out is a magnificent treasury of the best short works of Richard P. Feynman-from interviews and speeches to lectures and printed articles. A sweeping, wide-ranging collection, it presents an intimate and fascinating view of a life in science-a life like no other. From his ruminations on science in our culture to his Nobel Prize acceptance speech, this book will fascinate anyone interested in the world of ideas.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Richard P. Feynman (1918-1988) was the Richard Chace Tolman Professor of Theoretical Physics at the California Institute of Technology. He was awarded the 1965 Nobel Prize for his work on the development of quantum field theory. He was also one of the most famous and beloved figures of the twentieth century, both in physics and in the public arena.

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Titel: The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best...
Verlag: Basic Books
Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Very Good
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