The beat of a different drum: life and science of R.Feynman by Jagdish Mehra

The beat of a different drum: life and science of R.Feynman



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The beat of a different drum: life and science of R.Feynman Jagdish Mehra
Language: English
Page: 680
Format: djvu
ISBN: 0198518870, 9780198518877
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

From Publishers Weekly

The rigorous treatment of Feynman's science here may reward graduate students in physics but will likely overwhelm other fans of the lively, Nobel Prize-winning physicist who died in 1988. Science writer Mehra, who teaches physics at the Citadel in South Carolina, competently tracks the development of Feynman's breakthrough work, especially his signature path integral solutions, but awkward syntax and train-wreck chronology distort his subject's life. The first fifth of the book details Feynman's early education and family life without capturing a sense of the uniqueness of the youth who was considered a genius sui generis by one of his high school teachers. Many of the plentiful quotes in this work are attributed to secondary sources, especially Feynman's own popular writings; the general reader may find quantum topics more accessibly examined in the physicist's own QED and The Feynman Lectures on Physics . In the end, Mehra cannot do justice to the large spirit of his subject, either in his life or work. Photos not seen by PW. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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From Library Journal

The book shares subject and subtitle with James Gleick's Genius ( LJ 10/1/92) as well as a fair amount of information and anecdotes about Nobel Laureate Richard P. Feynman. The differences are far more significant. Mehra, an author of several books on quantum physics, focuses heavily on Feynman's theoretical work in a way that makes it impenetrable to nonphysicists. The real comparative shortcoming, though, is that Gleick is a writer first and Mehra a physicist first--and not a polished writer at all. Overlaps of time and information, confusing transitions, the use of three anecdotes where one would serve, and the lack of any ear at all for speech and narrative will make this slow reading for any but the most committed audience--a pity, since Mehra includes quotations from many hours of interviews with Feynman. Collections heavily used by physicists and advanced physics students should probably have this volume; other collections will be better served by Gleick.- Mark Shelton, Athens, OhioCopyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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