The Impossible Man [electronic resource] : : Roger Penrose and the Cost of Genius
Patchen Barss2024
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A Guardian Best Science Book of the YearThe first biography - 'a stunning
achievement' (Kai Bird, American Prometheus) - of the dazzling and painful life
of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Roger PenroseWhen he was six years old, Roger
Penrose discovered a sundial in a clearing near his house. Through that machine
made of light, shadow, and time, Roger glimpsed a "world behind the world" of
transcendently beautiful geometry. It spurred him on a journey to become one of
the world's most influential mathematicians, philosophers, and
physicists.Penrose would prove the limitations of general relativity, set a new
agenda for theoretical physics, and astound colleagues and admirers with the
elegance and beauty of his discoveries. However, as Patchen Barss documents in
The Impossible Man, success came at a price: He was attuned to the secrets of
the universe, but struggled to connect with loved ones, especially the women who
care for or worked with him.Both erudite and poetic, The Im...
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Author:
Patchen Barss, Author
Imprint:
London United Kingdom : Atlantic Books, 2024
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (352 pages,)
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Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781838959333
Language:
English
BRN:
524747
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