Acclaimed science writer George Johnson brings his formidable reporting skills to the first biography of Nobel Prize-winner Murray Gell-Mann, the brilliant, irascible man who revolutionized modern particle physics with his models of the quark and the Eightfold Way.
Beautifully balanced in its portrayal of an extraordinary and difficult man, interpreting the concepts of advanced physics with scrupulous clarity and simplicity, Strange Beauty is a tour de force of both science writing and biography. This updated edition, with a new foreword by Douglas Hofstadter, includes reflections on the final years of Gell-Mann's life and his influence on the Santa Fe Institute.
| ISBN: | 9781947864504 |
| Publication date: | 4th December 2023 |
| Author: | George Johnson |
| Publisher: | Santa Fe Institute of Science |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 610 pages |
| Genres: |
History of science Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory) |
Acclaimed science writer George Johnson brings his formidable reporting skills to the first biography of Nobel Prize-winner Murray Gell-Mann, the brilliant, irascible man who revolutionized modern particle physics with his models of the quark and the Eightfold Way.Beautifully balanced in its portrayal of an extraordinary and difficult man, interpreting the concepts of advanced physics with scrupulous clarity and simplicity, Strange Beauty is a tour de force of both science writing and biography. This updated edition, with a new foreword by Douglas Hofstadter, includes reflections on the final years of Gell-Mann's life and his influence on the Santa Fe Institute.
Strange Beauty features in the following genres: History of science, Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory)
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Strange Beauty was written by George Johnson and published by Santa Fe Institute of Science
Strange Beauty has 610 pages