Bücher der Reihe Great Discoveries

A gripping new scientific biography of the revered Nobel Prize-winning physicist (and curious character).

A cogent portrayal of a turning point in the evolution of the freedom of thought and the beginnings of modern science.

"A bright, shiny gift to popular-science collections."-Booklist

The bestselling author of "Infinite Jest" takes on the 2,000 year-old quest to understand infinity. Wallace brings his considerable talents to the history of one of math's most enduring puzzles: the seemingly paradoxical nature of infinity.

In this new intellectual biography of Ernest Rutherford, the 20th centurys greatest experimental physicist, Reeves portrays a ruddy, genial man who was also a towering figure in scientific history.