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)

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Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 0517118068, Hardcover)

From the author of the national bestseller Chaos comes an outstanding biography of one of the most dazzling and flamboyant scientists of the 20th century that "not only paints a highly attractive portrait of Feynman but also . . . makes for a stimulating adventure in the annals of science" (The New York Times). 16 pages of photos.

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