A Life in Science
by John Gribbin
Recommended by Paul Graham
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Books Recommended by Paul Graham, Physics, and Most Recommended Books.
Few human beings have advanced science further than Richard Feynman. Even fewer scientists have made their work so profoundly human. Now this brilliant biography vividly illumines the immense achievement and allencompassing humanity of the Nobel prizewinner who was arguably the first physicist of his generation, the most inspiring and influential ...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Books Recommended by Paul Graham, Physics, and Most Recommended Books.
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Paul Graham
Co-founder of Y Combinator; essayist
“The most interesting point in the Gribbins' excellent biography of Feynman is the value of "irresponsibly" ignoring existing research and working everything out for yourself from first principles.”
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“Accidental Presidents offers eight narrative portraits of men who succeeded to the U.S. presidency without election, using anecdote-rich scenes and readable context to show how personality and circumstance interact with office power. It’s strongest as a set of self-contained stories that make succession stakes concrete for non-specialist readers; it does not prioritize dense archival argument or exhaustive methodology, so expect some interpretive generalizations and repeated themes across cases. Use it for fast historical orientation rather than scholarly deep-dives.”
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