Feynman's Rainbow

As a young physicist, Leonard Mlodinow looked for guidance from his mentor, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman. Drawing on transcripts from their meetings during their time together at Cal Tech, Mlodinow shares Feynman's provocative thoughts and observations. At once a moving portrait of a friendship and an affecting account of Feynman's final, creative years, th...

As a young physicist, Leonard Mlodinow looked for guidance from his mentor, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman. Drawing on transcripts from their meetings during their time together at Cal Tech, Mlodinow shares Feynman's provocative thoughts and observations. At once a moving portrait of a friendship and an affecting account of Feynman's final, creative years, this book celebrates the inspiring legacy of one of the greatest thinkers of our time.

Leonard Mlodinow，美国加州柏克莱大学物理学博士，曾任教于加州理工学院，并任德国宏堡研究员（Alexander von Humboldt fellow）。后成为好莱坞剧作家，创作了《星舰迷航记：银河飞龙》（Star Trek: The Next Gen er ation）以及多部电视影集剧本。他的第一本书、介绍几何学入门的《欧几里得之窗》，已有八国语言译本。