Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman by James Gleick

Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman

James Gleick

531 pages first pub 1992 (editions)

nonfiction biography science informative slow-paced
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An illuminating portrayal of Richard Feynman—a giant of twentieth century physics—from his childhood tinkering with radios, to his vital work on the Manhattan Project and beyond Raised in Depression-era Rockaway Beach, physicist Richard Feynman wa...

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