{"product_id":"strange-beauty-george-johnson-9781947864504","title":"Strange Beauty","description":"\u003cp\u003eAcclaimed science writer George Johnson brings his formidable reporting skills to the first biography of Nobel Prize-winner Murray Gell-Mann, the brilliant, irascible man who revolutionized modern particle physics with his models of the quark and the Eightfold Way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeautifully balanced in its portrayal of an extraordinary and difficult man, interpreting the concepts of advanced physics with scrupulous clarity and simplicity, \u003cem\u003eStrange Beauty \u003c\/em\u003eis a tour de force of both science writing and biography. This updated edition, with a new foreword by Douglas Hofstadter, includes reflections on the final years of Gell-Mann's life and his influence on the Santa Fe Institute.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e George Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1947864505\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781947864504\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Santa Fe Institute of Science\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/04\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 610\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.50d","brand":"George Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44616397652223,"sku":"9781947864504","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0d4bb21d-da4c-4f91-9a61-29f4e415d8ec.jpg?v=1703020126","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/strange-beauty-george-johnson-9781947864504","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}