Six easy pieces : essentials of physics explained by its most brilliant teacher
Feynman, Richard P. (Richard Phillips), 1918-19882011
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This volume comprises of two collections of instructive essays on physics. Written for a general audience and keeping both technical language and mathematics to a minimum, Feynman introduces the basics of physics, atoms, energy, gravitation, quantum force, and the relationship of physics to other subjects. It was Richard Feynman's outrageous and scintillating method of teaching that 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 general reader to the following topics: atoms, basic physics, energy, gravitation, quantum mechanics, and the relationship of physics to other topics. With his dazzling and inimitable wit, Feynman presents each discussion with a minimum of jargon. Filled with wonderful examples and clever illustrations, Six Easy Pieces is the ideal introduction to the fundamentals of physics by one of the most admired and accessible physicists of modern times.
Main title:
Six easy pieces : essentials of physics explained by its most brilliant teacher / Richard P. Feynman with Robert B. Leighton and Matthew Sands.
Author:
Edition:
[New ed.] / introduction by Paul Davies.
Imprint:
New York : BasicBooks, c2011.
Collation:
xxix, 146 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Notes:
This ed. originally published: Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, 1995.Includes index.
ISBN:
9780465025275 (pbk)9780465025299 (ebook)
Dewey class:
530530 FEY
Language:
English
BRN:
2783375