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Six Not-so-easy Pieces Richard P. Feynman

Six Not-so-easy Pieces By Richard P. Feynman

Six Not-so-easy Pieces by Richard P. Feynman


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Focusing on topics related to Einstein's theory of relativity, this book reproduces the author's lectures of the 1960s. The book is also available with audio CDs of the lectures (ISBN 0-201-15026-3).

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Six Not-so-easy Pieces Summary

Six Not-so-easy Pieces: Einstein's Relativity, Symmetry and Space-time by Richard P. Feynman

The spectacular reception of the book and audio versions of Feynmans Six Easy Pieces (published in 1995) resulted in a worldwide clamor for More Feynman! More Feynman! The outcome is these six additional lectures, drawn from the celebrated three-volume Lectures on Physics. Though slightly more challenging than the first six, these lectures are more focused, delving into the most revolutionary discovery in twentieth-century physics: Einsteins Theory of Relativity. No twentieth-century American scientist is better known to a wider spectrum of people than Richard P. Feynman (19181988)physicist, teacher, author, and cultural icon. His autobiographies and biographies have been read and enjoyed by millions of readers around the world, while his wit and eccentricities have made him the subject of TV specials and even a theatrical film.The spectacular reception of the book and audio versions of Feynmans Six Easy Pieces (published in 1995) resulted in a worldwide clamor for More Feynman! More Feynman! The outcome is these six additional lectures, drawn from the celebrated three-volume Lectures on Physics. Though slightly more challenging than the first six, these lectures are more focused, delving into the most revolutionary discovery in twentieth-century physics: Einsteins Theory of Relativity.No single breakthrough in twentieth-century physics (with the possible exception of quantum mechanics) changed our view of the world more than that of Einsteins discovery of relativity. The notions that the flow of time is not a constant, that the mass of an object depends on its velocity, and that the speed of light is a constant no matter what the motion of the observer, at first seemed shocking to scientists and laymen alike. But, as Feynman shows so clearly and so entertainingly in the lectures chosen for this volume, these crazy notions are no mere dry principles of physics, but are things of beauty and elegance. No onenot even Einstein himselfexplained these difficult, anti-intuitive concepts more clearly, or with more verve and gusto, than Richard Feynman.

Table of Contents

Vectors; Symmetry in Physical Laws; The Special Theory of Relativity; Relativistic Energy and Momentum; Space-Time; Curved Space.

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CIN0201150255G
9780201150254
0201150255
Six Not-so-easy Pieces: Einstein's Relativity, Symmetry and Space-time by Richard P. Feynman
Used - Good
Hardback
INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
19970317
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