Genius: The Life and Science of Richard FeynmanModern · Biography, Science, Nonfiction
Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman
1993 · 531 pages · Nonfiction
48
Modern
★ 4.12 on Goodreads · 25K ratings
≈ 13 hours to read · about 4 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize (Biography) finalist (1993). 4.12★ from 25K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
48Must-Read Score
- Critics40 out of 100 · counts 35%+16
- Readers56 out of 100 · counts 50%+32
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Buzz rewards prizes and lists from the last few years, so older books start at zero.
Where it ranks
- #52 of the 100 science and ideas books we rank
- #109 of the 207 memoirs and biographies we rank
- #182 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #627 of the 1,344 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Pulitzer Prize (Biography) finalist (1993)
- National Book Award (Nonfiction) finalist (1992)
Reads as
True story, Thought-provoking
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