The Strangest Man
The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Quantum Genius
$35.44
- Paperback
560 pages
- Release Date
9 February 2010
Summary
Paul Dirac was one of the leading pioneers of the greatest revolution in 20th-century science: quantum mechanics. The youngest theoretician ever to win the Nobel Prize for Physics, he was also pathologically reticent, strangely literal-minded and legendarily unable to communicate or empathize. Through his greatest period of productivity, his postcards home contained only remarks about the weather.
Based on a previously undiscovered archive of family papers, Graham Farmelo celebrates D…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780571222865 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0571222862 |
| Author: | Graham Farmelo |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
| Imprint: | Faber & Faber |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 560 |
| Edition: | Main |
| Release Date: | 9 February 2010 |
| Weight: | 421g |
| Dimensions: | 34mm x 126mm x 198mm |
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Graham Farmelo
Graham Farmelo is Senior Research Fellow at the Science Museum, London, and Adjunct Professor of Physics at Northeastern University, Boston, USA. Formerly a theoretical physicist, he is now an international consultant in science communication. He edited the best-selling It Must be Beautiful: Great Equations of Modern Science in 2002. He lives in London.
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