num_pages: 368
description: A gripping new scientific biography of the revered Nobel Prizewinning physicist (and curious character). Perhaps the greatest physicist of the second half of the twentieth century Richard Feynman changed the way we think about quantum mechanics the most perplexing of all physical theories. Here Lawrence M. Krauss himself a theoretical physicist and best-selling author offers a unique scientific biography: a rollicking narrative coupled with clear and novel expositions of science at the limits. An immensely colorful persona in and out of the office Feynman revolutionized our understanding of nature amid a turbulent life. Krauss presents that lifefrom the death of Feynmans childhood sweetheart during the Manhattan Project to his reluctant rise as a scientific iconas seen through the science providing a new understanding of the legacy of a man who has fascinated millions. An accessible reflection on the issues that drive physics today Quantum Man captures the story of a man who was willing to break all the rules to tame a theory that broke all the rules.
language: English
title: Quantum Man: Richard Feynman's Life in Science
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company