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Chargement... Feynman's Rainbow: A Search for Beauty in Physics and in Life (original 2003; édition 2004)par Leonard Mlodinow (Auteur)
Information sur l'oeuvreFeynman's Rainbow: A Search for Beauty in Physics and in Life par Leonard Mlodinow (2003)
![]() Aucun Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. ![]() ![]() A wonderful look inside the academic hallways of the upper echelons of physics. Mlodinow was talented but insecure and directionless when he landed a career job at Cal Tech. He had the chutzpah to impose himself on a reluctant Feynman and collect some of Feynman's personal wisdom, earned in success, loss, grief, and a fatal disease. The gleanings of wisdom are worth the read. I am equally inspired by Mlodinov's parallel careers of both physics and writing. The world needs more of that. Chet Raymo comes to mind. I think I will go read, and re-read some Raymo. A wonderful look inside the academic hallways of the upper echelons of physics. Mlodinow was talented but insecure and directionless when he landed a career job at Cal Tech. He had the chutzpah to impose himself on a reluctant Feynman and collect some of Feynman's personal wisdom, earned in success, loss, grief, and a fatal disease. The gleanings of wisdom are worth the read. I am equally inspired by Mlodinov's parallel careers of both physics and writing. The world needs more of that. Chet Raymo comes to mind. I think I will go read, and re-read some Raymo. 4 1/2 stars, because it's really too short. A coworker once recommended Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman. I read it and I loved it. I also read QED: Quantum Electrodymanics, by Feynman. Finally, and on a whim, I read Subliminal, by Leonard Mlodinow. It was 3 for 3. So I knew this would also be a winner. And it was. A short memoir about Mlodinow's year as a post-doc fellow at California Institute of Technology, with transcripts from some key conversations he had with Feynman. I will no doubt be reading this one again. I marked several pages to quote, for the way the author has with words. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
For some, it was that special connection with a grandparent or a football coach, a boss, or a cleric. For a young physicist struggling to find his place in the world, the relationship that would most profoundly influence his life was with his mentor, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman. Shares Feynman's provocative answers to such questions as "What is the nature of creativity?" - and "How does a scientist think?" At once a moving portrait of a friendship and an affecting account of Feynman's final, creative years, celebrates the inspiring legacy of one of the greatest thinkers of our time. Annotation. Academic scientist turned Hollywood screen writer, Mlodinow recounts his first year on the faculty at California Technical Institute, beginning in winter 1981, and his interactions there with renowned physicist Richard Feynman during his last years. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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