Product Description

This book tells the story of Leonard Mlodinow's first year on the Caltech faculty in the winter of 1981. It is the narrative of himself as a young physicist trying to find his place in the world and the wisdom of an old, and dying physicist who helped him, the legendary Richard Feynman. But it is also the story of this famous scientist's last days, his rivalry with fellow Nobel Laureate, Murray Gell-Mann, and the beginnings of string theory, now the leading theory in physics and cosmology.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #642751 in Books
• Published on: 2004-04-29
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

Customer Reviews

Time with Feynman
I very much warmed to this touching account of grad school doubt and uncertainty. It is autobiographical of the author rather than a biography of Feynman. The author's experience of working in what can only have been a very intellectually intimidating environment is interesting and quite frank. Feynman is held as a distant and almost aloof character-very different from Feynman's own accounts in "Surely you're joking" etc. Despite this the author seems to have found inspiration in the time spent with Feynman.

No time with Feynman
I was slightly puzzled by this book. Despite the title its really an autobiography about the authors time at Caltech in which he came across Feynman about two times. His 'time' with Feynman was extremely limited as Feynman clearly thought the guy was a pain in the backside. If you read between the lines you can see that Feynman just sees Mlodinow as a stalker.