Product Description
by Graham Farmelo (Author)
Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize
The definitive biography of Paul Dirac, the brilliant--and enigmatic--physicist whose foundational work in quantum mechanics revolutionized modern science. "This biography is a gift.... A thought-provoking meditation on human achievement, limitations, and the relations between the two." --New York Times Book Review Paul Dirac was among the great scientific geniuses of the modern age. An admired colleague of Albert Einstein and one of the discoverers of quantum mechanics, the most revolutionary theory of the past century, Dirac also predicted the existence of antimatter--widely regarded as a triumph of twentieth-century physics--and was the youngest theoretician ever to win the Nobel Prize in physics. Like Dirac's achievements, his personality is legendary. An extraordinarily reserved loner, relentlessly literal-minded and seemingly devoid of empathy, Dirac was nevertheless an intensely loyal family man, with tastes in the arts that ranged from Beethoven to Cher, from Rembrandt to Mickey Mouse. Based on previously undiscovered archives, The Strangest Man reveals the many facets of Dirac's brilliantly original mind, while also charting one of the most spectacularly exciting eras in scientific history.Author Biography
Graham Farmelo is the author of several books, including The Strangest Man, which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Farmelo is a Fellow at Churchill College at the University of Cambridge, an Affiliated Professor at Northeastern University, and is a regular visitor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. He lives in London.
Number of Pages: 560
Dimensions: 1.51 x 9.18 x 6.17 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: June 28, 2011
