![]() Trying to explain scientific work of the caliber of Feynman's is a difficult undertaking, however, especially if one tries to do it without resort to much mathematics, as Mr. Gleick, a former science reporter for The New York Times and the author of "Chaos," demonstrates a great ability to portray scientific people and places and to dramatize the The Life and Science of Richard Feynman" Mr. Dyson at Cornell, Julian Schwinger at Harvard and Murray Gell-Mann at the California Institute of Technology. Richard Feynman (1918-88) was a genius in mathematical physics, and James Gleick has written a noteworthy book about this man Freeman Dyson has called "the most original mind of his generation." The book is enhancedīy perceptive descriptions of contemporary physicists: John Wheeler at Princeton, Hans Bethe and Mr. Genius is rarely a person of great wisdom or noble character. ![]() The talents are highly specialized - music, art, mathematics. Instead of gods we now have genes, but a genius is still always born and not made. Genius was a god presiding over the birth of a person of remarkable talents. October 11, 1992, Sunday, Late Edition - Final ![]() ![]() The New York Times: Book Review Search Article ![]()
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