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Books like Genius
An exhilarating journey into the mind of a brilliant, bongo-playing iconoclast who saw the universe differently than anyone else. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Genius.
- cerebral
- awe-inspiring
- energetic
- inquisitive
- 01
No Ordinary Genius
Richard Phillips Feynman
An infectious, visually rich celebration of a mind that refused to take the universe—or itself—too seriously.
- 02
Isaac Newton
James Gleick · 2003
An elegant, atmospheric plunge into the obsessive and brilliant mind that dragged humanity out of the dark ages and into the light of modern physics.
- 03
The strangest man
Graham Farmelo
An illuminating journey into the brilliant, contradictory mind of one of modern science's most enigmatic figures.
- 04
The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
Richard Phillips Feynman · 2000
A joyful, conversational masterclass in how to look at the world with relentless, unpretentious curiosity.
- 05
Perfectly reasonable deviations from the beaten track
Richard P. Feynman
An intimate, crackling conversation with a brilliant mind who found the universe endlessly, joyfully amusing.
- 06
American Prometheus
Kai Bird; Martin J. Sherwin · 2005
A sweeping, tragic portrait of a brilliant mind caught between the thrill of discovery and the crushing weight of its world-altering consequences.
- 07
Feynman
Jim Ottaviani
An energetic, visually engaging romp through the mind of a brilliant, bongo-playing physicist that celebrates the sheer joy of figuring things out.
- 08
Faust in Copenhagen
Gino Segre · 2007
An intellectually charged glimpse into a fleeting moment of scientific camaraderie just before the world and physics lost their innocence.
- 09
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Robert Kanigel · 1995
A deeply moving portrait of raw genius and the profound, tragic collision of two vastly different worlds united by the language of mathematics.
- 10
What Do You Care What Other People Think?
Ralph Leighton
A brilliant, bittersweet exploration of love, curiosity, and the relentless pursuit of truth.
- 11
Einstein
Walter Isaacson
An expansive, illuminating journey into the rebellious mind of a man who unlocked the universe while struggling with the gravity of his own human life.
- 12
The Character of Physical Law
Richard P Feynman · 2004
A brilliant, conversational tour through the fundamental laws of the universe that makes you feel like you are sitting in the front row of a masterclass.
