Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman
by James Gleick
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0679408363
- ISBN 13
- 9780679408369
- Seller
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Arlington, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Pantheon, September 1992. Hardcover. Very Good book in a Very Good jacket. Prior owner's name to FFEP. Text unmarked. Spine straight and tight, ends bumped. Jacket clean, spine faded. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. x + 532 pages.
Synopsis
A gem of a book, about the life and mind of one of the most influential and iconoclastic characters in 20th century physics. Really a pleasure to read.
Reviews
On Jun 24 2011, For2itous said:
I'm still reading this and mesmerized!
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Details
- Bookseller
- Books of the World (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RWARE0000003859
- Title
- Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman
- Author
- James Gleick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0679408363
- ISBN 13
- 9780679408369
- Publisher
- Pantheon
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- September 1992
- Pages
- x + 532
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- biography, history, physicists, physics, science, scientists, history of science
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science & Technology; History; Biographies;
Terms of Sale
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- FFEP
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- Jacket
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- Tight
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- Spine
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- Remainder Mark
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