Feynman's Rainbow: A Search for Beauty in Physics and in Life

作者 Leonard Mlodinow著
出版社 Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
出版时间 2011年11月
ISBN 9780307946492
定价 119.50

内容简介

SomeofthebrightestmindsinsciencehavepassedthroughthehallsoftheCaliforniaInstituteofTechnology.Intheearly1980s,LeonardMlodinowjoinedtheirrankstobeginapostdoctoralfellowship.Afraidhewasnotsmartenoughtobethere,despitehisgroundbreakingPh.D.thesis,hetookhisinsecuritiestoRichardFeynman,Caltech’sintimidatingresidentgeniusandiconoclast.Sobeganapivotalyearinayoungman’slife.Thoughaseriesoffascinatingexchanges,MlodinowandFeynmandelveintothenatureofscience,creativity,lovemathematics,happiness,God,art,pleasuresandambition,producingamovingportraitofafriendshipandanaffectingaccountofFeynman’sfinalcreativeyears.

作者简介

LeonardMlodinowreceivedhisdoctorateintheoreticalphysicsfromtheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley,wasanAlexandervonHumboldtfellowattheMaxPlanckInstitute,andnowteachesfuturescientistsatCaltech.HispreviousbooksincludeWaroftheWorldviews(withDeepakChopra);thetwonationalbestsellersTheGrandDesign(withStephenHawking)andTheDrunkard’sWalk:HowRandomnessRulesOurLives,whichwasalsoaNewYorkTimesNotableBookandwasshort-listedfortheRoyalSocietyGeneralPrize;andEuclid’sWindow:TheStoryofGeometryfromParallelLinestoHyperspace.AlongthewayhealsowroteforthetelevisionseriesMacGyverandStarTrek:TheNextGeneration.www.its.caltech.edu/~len,,

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