Biography of richard feynman james gleick

Gleick portrays Feynman as an irreverent spirit and productive scientist who deeply influenced his generation of physicists.

A Nobel Prize winner, Feynman’s contribution to physics was more about developing original techniques that clarified complex problems than any singular discovery. As we follow Feynman’s life we learn how particle physics and its community evolved in the mid twentieth century from the formulation of quantum mechanics to the standard model.

We witness developments in nuclear physics and quantum electrodynamics (QED).

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Gleick’s biography is as much a personal story as one of science. Feynman was different from other physicists, a non-conformist who stood out and stood up, and this was an essential part of his greatness.

Born in 1918, Feynman grew up in Far Rockaway on the ocean in Queens, NY.

He loved math. As a child he was always playing with problems in his head. He kept a notebook that he filled w