What happens when ideas presented as science lead us in the wrong direction?
Pandora's Lab: Seven Stories of Science Gone Wrong
I look forward to hours more of listening.more It's the story of a remarkable person in a remarkable time. To tell Feynman's story, he has to guide us through the recent history of physics, which he manages to do with remarkable grace. He clearly has amassed a staggering amount of vivid detail from Feynman's life, but he's selected from this mountain carefully, rather than dumping it all on the reader's head. I suspect it has to do with the gorgeous style and structure of Gleick's writing here. I have immensely enjoyed having his words poured into my ears. I recently launched into Genius, James Gleick's biography of Richard Feynman, and this experience has been surprisingly different. When I come back to the audiobook, I usually have no idea what's going on. I quickly drift away to thoughts about other things.
I recently launched into Genius, James Gleick's biography of Richard Feynman, and this e I do not do well with audiobooks. Visit him at, on Facebook at /carlzimmerauthor and on Twitter. He is, to his knowledge, the only writer after whom a species of tapeworm has been named. Zimmer is a frequent guest on Radiolab and has written hundreds of articles for magazines such as National Geographic, The Atlantic, and Wired. His latest book, She Has Her Mother's Laugh, will be published in May 2018. Visit him at, on Facebook at /carlzimmerauthor and on Twitter Carl Zimmer is a columnist for the New York Times and the author of 13 books about science. Carl Zimmer is a columnist for the New York Times and the author of 13 books about science.
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