{"product_id":"strange-beauty-murray-gell-mann-and-the-revolution-in-twentieth-century-physics-paperback","title":"Strange Beauty: Murray Gell-Mann and the Revolution in Twentieth-Century Physics - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorge Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a New Afterword \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Our knowledge of fundamental physics contains not one fruitful idea that does not carry the name of Murray Gell-Mann.\"--Richard Feynman \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAcclaimed 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBorn into a Jewish immigrant family on New York's East 14th Street, Gell-Mann's prodigious talent was evident from an early age--he entered Yale at 15, completed his Ph.D. at 21, and was soon identifying the structures of the world's smallest components and illuminating the elegant symmetries of the universe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeautifully balanced in its portrayal of an extraordinary and difficult man, interpreting the concepts of advanced physics with scrupulous clarity and simplicity, \u003cb\u003eStrange Beauty\u003c\/b\u003e is a tour-de-force of both science writing and biography.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a New Afterword \u003cbr\u003e\"Our knowledge of fundamental physics contains not one fruitful idea that does not carry the name of Murray Gell-Mann.\"--Richard Feynman \u003cbr\u003eAcclaimed 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. \u003cbr\u003eBorn into a Jewish immigrant family on New York's Lower East Side, Gell-Mann's prodigious talent was evident from an early age--he entered Yale at 15, completed his Ph.D. at 21, and was soon identifying the structures of the world's smallest components and illuminating the elegant symmetries of the universe. \u003cbr\u003eBeautifully 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorge Johnson covers science for \u003cb\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/b\u003e. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.03 x 7.95 x 5.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 17, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45551982739558,"sku":"9780679756880","price":29.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/sLPFENtwhS9780679756880.webp?v=1777186233","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/strange-beauty-murray-gell-mann-and-the-revolution-in-twentieth-century-physics-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}