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Quantum Man: Richard Feynman’s Life in Science

A GRIPPING NEW SCIENTIFIC BIOGRAPHY of the revered Nobel Prize-winning physicist and curious character Richard Feynman, arguably the greatest physicist of the second half of the 20th century. Feynman changed the way we think about quantum mechanics, the most perplexing of all physical theories. Lawrence Krauss, himself a theoretical physicist and best-selling author (The Physics of Star Trek), offers a unique scientific biography of an immensely colorful persona. Feynman revolutionized our understanding of nature amid a turbulent life. Krauss presents that life — from the death of Feynman’s childhood sweetheart during the Manhattan Project to his reluctant rise as a scientific icon — as seen through the science, providing a new understanding of the legacy of a man who has fascinated millions.