The Beat of a Different Drum: Life and Science of Richard P. Feynman - Tapa dura

Mehra, Jagdish

 
9780198539483: The Beat of a Different Drum: Life and Science of Richard P. Feynman
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ISBN 10: 0198539487 ISBN 13: 9780198539483
Editorial: Clarendon Press, 1994

Sinopsis

Richard P. Feynman was arguably the greatest American-born theoretical physicist of the twentieth century. A teacher, showman, bongo drummer, and iconoclast of the first rank, he distained authority and despised ceremony, yet was a scientific magician capable of transcendental leaps of the imagination. The Beat of a Different Drum is the definitive account of Feynman's life and work. It covers his childhood, his three marriages, and his extraordinary range of interests. But most importantly, it deals in great detail with his scientific work - from his research on the atomic bomb, via his famous path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, to the quantum theory of gravitation, partons, quark jets, and the limits of computation. Jagdish Mehra personally knew Richard Feynman for thirty years. Feynman invited Mehra to spend three weeks of interviews with him shortly before his death on 15 February 1988, and encouraged him to write this book. What has emerged is a truly authoratitive account of the life and achievements of one of the greatest men of our century.

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About the author:
Jagdish Mehra is the author of many articles and books on twentieth-centuryphysics, including Einstein, Hilbert, and the Theory of Gravitation and the first five volumes (seven books) of The Historical Development of QuantumTheory, with Helmut Rechenburg. The Citadel Distinguished Professor of Physics at Charleston, South Carolina, Jadish Mehra received the Humboldt Prize in 1976.


Jagdish Mehra is currently The Citadel Distinguished Professor of Physics in Charleston, South Carolina.

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Clarendon Press
Año de publicación
1994
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Inglés
ISBN 10 
0198539487
ISBN 13 
9780198539483
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Número de páginas
662
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9780198518877: The Beat of a Different Drum: Life and Science of Richard P. Feynman

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ISBN 10:  0198518870 ISBN 13:  9780198518877
Editorial: Clarendon Press, 1996
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