Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman

by James Gleick

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1992

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Pulitzer Prize finalist (Biography or Autobiography, 1993)

National Book Award finalist (Nonfiction, 1992)

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If you've read any of Richard Feynman's wonderful autobiographies you may think that a biography of Feynman would be a waste of your time. Wrong! Gleick's Genius is a masterpiece of scientific biography--and an inspiration to anyone in pursuit of their own fulfillment as a person of genius. Deservedly nominated for a National Book Award, underservedly passed over by the committee in the face of tough competition, and very deservedly a book that you must read.

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