Six Easy Pieces, 4th Edition
Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher
$25.12
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
20 November 2003
Summary
Richard Feynman’s outrageous and scintillating method of teaching earned him legendary status among students and professors of physics. From 1961 to 1963, Feynman delivered a series of lectures at the California Institute of Technology that revolutionized the teaching of physics around the world.
Six Easy Pieces, taken from these famous Lectures on Physics, represent the most accessible material from the series. In these classic lessons, Feynman introduces the genera…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780465025275 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0465025277 |
| Author: | Matthew Sands, Richard Feynman, Robert Leighton |
| Publisher: | Basic Books |
| Imprint: | Basic Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Edition: | 4th |
| Release Date: | 20 November 2003 |
| Weight: | 164g |
| Dimensions: | 208mm x 138mm x 14mm |
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“The most original mind of his generation.”– Freeman Dyson
“If one book was all that could be passed on to the next generation of scientists it would undoubtedly have to be Six Easy Pieces.”–John Gribbin, New Scientist“One of the greatest minds of the twentieth century”–New York Review of Books“The essence of physics and Feynman. No jargon, just ideas, excitement, and the straight dope. And real answers, like ‘we don’t know.’”–Stephen Wolfram“The most original mind of his generation.”–Freeman Dyson
About The Author
Matthew Sands
Richard P. Feynman (1918-1988) was the Richard Chace Tolman Professor of Theoretical Physics at the California Institute of Technology. He was awarded the 1965 Nobel Prize for his work on the development of quantum field theory. He was also one of the most famous and beloved figures of the twentieth century, both in physics and in the public arena.
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