No scientist has done more to shape our understanding of the universe than Murray Gell-Mann, the Nobel Prize-winner considered by many colleagues to be the most brilliant physicist of his generation. His discovery of the quark and the Eightfold Way were cornerstones for all that followed in particle physics, the effort to understand the very stuff of creation, In this, the first biography of Gell-Mann, George Johnson tells the story of a remarkable life.
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No scientist has done more to shape our understanding of the universe than Murray Gell-Mann, the Nobel Prize-winner considered by many colleagues to be the most brilliant physicist of his generation.
'A dramatic and lucid biography of Gell-Mann, one of the true geniuses of the twentieth century' Daily Telegraph

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780099284321
Publisert
2001-01-04
Utgiver
Vintage Publishing; Vintage
Vekt
321 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
27 mm
Aldersnivå
01, UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
448

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George Johnson is a science writer for the New York Times. He is a former Alicia Patterson Fellow, a finalist for the prestigious Aventis Prize, and a recipient of the Science Journalism Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science.