Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman

If you've read any of Richard Feynman's wonderful autobiographies you may think that a biography of Feynman would be a waste of your time. Wrong! Gleick's Genius is a masterpiece of scientific biography--and an inspiration to anyone in pursuit of their own fulfillment as a person of genius. Deservedly nominated for a National Book Award, underservedly passed over by the committee in the face of tough competition, and very deservedly a book that you must read.

• Isaac Newton
• "What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character
• "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character
• The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman (Helix Books)
• The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist
• Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher
• Chaos: Making a New Science
• The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood
• Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track
• Six Not-So-Easy Pieces: Einstein’s Relativity, Symmetry, and Space-Time