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Blurb: “Drawing on extensive conversations the author had with Richard Feynman, this is the story of a young physicist trying to find his place in the world, and of the famous, old, and dying colleague whose wisdom helped him. Between them, they shared talk, food, science, and laughter that led the younger man to a deeper understanding of both his own creative imagination and the nature of humanity itself.
In the early 1980s, Leonard Mlodinow came to the California Institute of Technology to begin a postdoctoral fellowship. Mlodinow had written a groundbreaking Ph.D. thesis, but he was afraid he was simply not smart enough to be at Caltech.
In danger of losing himself watching hours of Rockford Files reruns while waiting for one good idea, Mlodinow took his doubts and insecurities to Caltech's intimidating resident genius and icon-oclast, Richard Feynman. So began a pivotal year in a young man's life and a year of awakening.
In this funny, inspiring, and revelatory book, Leonard Mlodinow looks back at the time he shared with Feynman: the ideas they explored, the views of life and physics they exchanged, and what Mlodinow learned from a mentor who had not only helped shape the landscape of physics, but whose mind was drawn to all aspects of human experience. In a series of fascinating, sprawling exchanges, Feynman delved into the
nature of science, creativity, love, mathematics, happiness, God, art, pleasures and ambition. And as the relationship between the older scientist and Mlodinow deepened-at one point the two crashed a wedding buffet together their conversations took on a sense of urgency. For while Mlodinow was floundering, Feynman was battling cancer-and confronting his own mortality.
A book that introduces readers to new concepts in physics including string theory and the unified theory of everything, FEYNMAN'S RAINBOW is a journey of the heart as well as the mind, a moving story of questions, answers, and the beautiful mystery that lies in between.”