Feynman's Rainbow: A Search for Beauty in Physics and in Life

Feynman's Rainbow: A Search for Beauty in Physics and in Life by Mlodinow, Leonard. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780446530453.

Einsteins Dreams meets Tuesdays with Morrie in Leonard Mlodinows touching memoir about the guidance granted him by his mentor, the brilliant physicist Richard Feynman. For some, it was that special connection with a grandparent or a football coach, a boss, or a cleric. For Leonard Mlodinow, as a young physicist struggling to find his place in the world, the relationship that would most profoundly influence his life was with his mentor, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman. Drawing on transcripts from his many meetings with Feynman during their time together at Cal Tech, Mlodinow shares Feynmans provocative answers to such questions as "What is the nature of creativity?" and "How does a scientist think?" At once a moving portrait of a friendship and an affecting account of Feynmans final, creative years, FEYNMANS RAINBOW celebrates the inspiring legacy of one of the greatest thinkers of our time.