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The first full-scale biography of the "father of the atomic bomb," the brilliant, charismatic physicist who led the effort to capture the fire of the sun for his country in time of war. After Hiroshima, he became the most famous scientist of his generation--an icon of modern man confronting the consequences of scientific progress. He created a radical proposal to place international controls over atomic materials, opposed the development of the hydrogen...
4) Feynman
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A candid look at eccentric physicist Richard Feynman's approach to life, love, and the secrets of the universe.
14) Ordinary geniuses: Max Delbrück, George Gamow, and the origins of genomics and big bang cosmology
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Traces the careers of two lesser-known mid-twentieth-century physicists whose maverick approaches to research have significantly advanced present-day understandings in genomics and cosmology.
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Winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1965, Richard Feynman was one of the world's greatest theoretical physicists, but he was also a man who fell, often jumped, into adventure. An artist, safecracker, practical joker and storyteller, Feynman's life was a series of combustible combinations made possible by his unique mixture of high intelligence, unquenchable curiosity and eternal skepticism. Over a period of years, Feynman's conversations with...