内容简介
他是天才,更是众人难以企及的“魔法师”,总有新点子来解决难题;
他凭着一股“超能力”,在游戏的精神和探索的智慧之间自如穿梭;
令人目眩的人生经历、率真的态度、永不枯竭的热情,他是科学家们的偶像;
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这就是费曼——好奇的大男孩、多情的爱人、诺贝尔奖得主、原子弹制造者、“挑战者号”事故调查委员、邦戈鼓手、开锁大师……他为20世纪的物理学开辟了一条非凡的道路。从顶级科学家到满怀好奇的大众,在他参与的每一件事和接触过的每一个人身上,费曼都留下了非凡的印记。
在格雷克的笔下,费曼的思想世界与他的人生一样精彩。这位天才留给世人的璀璨遗产不仅是知识的,更是思想的:在这个不确定的世界里,我们真正需要了解什么?我们该如何去了解?了解世界的意义何在?
作者简介
[美]詹姆斯·格雷克/James Gleick
享誉全球的美国作家,擅长科技史和传记题材,以通俗而又深刻地解读复杂概念而著称。曾任美国作家协会主席。他的著作获得了诸多殊荣,凭借《牛顿传》《费曼传》《混沌》三次入围普利策奖,《信息简史》荣获英国皇家学会图书奖和中国文津图书奖。各类作品已被译为30多种语言。出版30年来,本书一直是科学界、科学史界一致推崇的费曼的传记,也是被其他著作不断引述的经典之作。
Content introduction
He is a genius, but also the unattainable "magician", always have new ideas to solve problems;
With a "super power", he easily shuttles between the spirit of play and the wisdom of exploration;
With his dazzling life experience, candid attitude and inexhaustible enthusiasm, he is the idol of scientists.
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This is Feynman - curious boy, passionate lover, Nobel Prize winner, atomic bomb maker, "Challenger" accident investigator, bongo drummer, master lockpick... He blazed a remarkable trail for twentieth-century physics. From top scientists to the curious public, Feynman left an extraordinary mark on everything he participated in and everyone he touched.
In Gleick's hands, Feynman's world of thought is as fascinating as his life. The brilliant legacy of this genius is not just intellectual, but intellectual: What do we really need to know in this uncertain world? How do we know? What is the point of understanding the world?
About the author
James Gleick /James Gleick
An internationally acclaimed American writer who specializes in scientific history and biography and is known for his popular yet profound interpretation of complex concepts. He was president of the Writers Guild of America. His works have won many awards, including three Pulitzer Prize finalists for Newton, Feynman and Chaos, and a Brief History of Information, which won the Royal Society Book Award and the China Wenjin Book Award. His works have been translated into more than 30 languages. In the 30 years since its publication, the book has remained the most admired biography of Feynman by the scientific community and the history of science, and it is a classic that is constantly cited by other works.