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In this phenomenal bestseller, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard P. Feynman recounts his adventures trading ideas on atomic physics with Einstein ... More

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From the author of the national bestseller Chaos comes an outstanding biography of one of the most dazzling and flamboyant scientists of the 20th ... More

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Anecdotal, unpretentious, and lively, Feynman's book is filled with stories about his outrageous adventures--from trading ideas with Albert Einstein ... More

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Julian Schwinger was one of the leading theoretical physicists of the twentieth century. His contributions are as important, and as pervasive, as ... More

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From nuclear physics to quantum theory to relativity and gravitation, Wheeler's work has set the trajectory of research for half a century. In this ... More

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This collection of essays about Albert Einstein reflect views, perspectives, and an estimation of him and the implications of his work.

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Richard Feynman (1918-1988) thrived on outrageous adventures. Now packaged with an hour-long audio CD of the 1978 "Los Alamos from Below" lecture, ... More

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The most extraordinary scientist of his time, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman had an immense love of life and all it offered. No ... More

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Goodchild unravels the complex web of harsh early experiences, character flaws, and personal and professional frustrations that lay behind the ... More

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A personal acquaintance of Tellers, presents a definitive and balanced portrait of the scientist against the backdrop of a turbulent period of ... More

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This multidimensional portrait explains Einstein's groundbreaking discoveries with exceptional clarity and explores the interwoven threads of his ... More

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Written especially for young adult readers, this series helps place each significant invention, discovery, or development in historical perspective ... More

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Few would argue that Richard Feynman was one of the greatest American-born theoretical physicists of the twentieth century, and fewer still would ... More

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This definitive book deals with the life and scientific work of arguably the greatest American-born theoretical physicist of the twentieth century. ... More

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"A wealth of observations on contemporary mathematicians and physicists, from David Hilbert to Richard Feynman."--"American Scientist"

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In words and more than 100 photos, this work traces Feynman's remarkable adventures inside and outside science. The book gives insight into the mind ... More

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No scientist has done more to shape our understanding of the universe than Murray Gell-Mann, the Nobel Prize-winner considered by many colleagues to ... More

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One of the greatest physicists of the twentieth century, Richard Feynman possessed an unquenchable thirst for adventure and an unparalleled ability ... More

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"Einstein's Dreams" meets "Tuesdays with Morrie" in this touching memoir about the guidance granted the author by his mentor, the brilliant physicist ... More

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A physicist with the Manhattan Project and Oak Ridge National Laboratory recounts harrowing tales of radiation accidents and near-disasters, ... More

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Author Abraham Pais writes engagingly about complex subjects for a general audience. His "tale" describes his period of hiding and subsequent ... More

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In this title in the INVENTORS WHO CHANGED THE WORLD series, Glenn Scherer and Marty Fletcher offer a biography of the brilliant and enigmatic ... More

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Born in China in 1912, Chien-shiung Wu came to the United States to study physics at the University of California at Berkeley. A meticulous ... More

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