{"product_id":"the-impossible-man-patchen-barss-9798228309999","title":"The Impossible Man: Roger Penrose and the Cost of Genius","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first biography--\"a stunning achievement\" (Kai Bird, American Prometheus)--of the dazzling and painful life of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Roger Penrose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen he was six years old, Roger Penrose discovered a sundial in a clearing near his house. Through that machine made of light, shadow, and time, Roger glimpsed a \"world behind the world\" of transcendently beautiful geometry. It spurred him on a journey to become one of the world's most influential mathematicians, philosophers, and physicists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePenrose would prove the limitations of general relativity, set a new agenda for theoretical physics, and astound colleagues and admirers with the elegance and beauty of his discoveries. However, as Patchen Barss documents in The Impossible Man, success came at a price: He was attuned to the secrets of the universe, but struggled to connect with loved ones, especially the women who care for or worked with him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth erudite and poetic, The Impossible Man draws on years of research and interviews, as well as previously unopened archives to present a moving portrait of Penrose the Nobel Prize-winning scientist and Roger the human being. It reveals not just the extraordinary life of Roger Penrose, but asks who gets to be a genius, and who makes the sacrifices that allow one man to be one. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patchen Barss\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798228309999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Blackstone Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/19\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e MP3 CD","brand":"Patchen Barss","offers":[{"title":"MP3 CD","offer_id":46372694753535,"sku":"9798228309999","price":35.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_136bf28a-b1c4-4568-b10e-6730fbac1518.jpg?v=1732726685","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-impossible-man-patchen-barss-9798228309999","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}