Books by Richard P. Feynman

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QED

by Richard P. Feynman, Burkard Polster
333 pages - - 6 MB New!

The “QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter (Princeton Science Library)” is a physics book that explains an enormously complex and unintuitive theory. The author of this enlightening book is Richard P. Feynman. He was born in 1918 and grew up in Far Rockaway, New York. When he was just 17 years old, he entered MIT and in 1939 went to Princeton, then to Los Alamos where he joined in the effort to build the atomic bomb. He writes numerous books and all of them are wealth to read. Feynman is a scientist who can successfully explain very difficult ideas in simple terms. He uses his own brand of metaphors and analogies to clarify quantum mechanics and QED is one of the perfect examples. Feynman extracts the core of Quantum Electrodynamics without assuming any prior math or physics background in his audience. He does not use any calculus, any abstract algebra and he does not even mention complex numbers once. Furthermore, QED has been welcomed as the most exact scientific theory ever constructed because its predictions have been confirmed by so many experiments. To know more, then read this popular book. To sum it up, QED is a great book that reveals one of the most fundamentals theories of physics.

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Six Easy Pieces

by Ajit, Richard P. Feynman, Robert B. Leighton, Matthew Sands
333 pages - - 2 MB New!

The “Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher” is a great book that reveals about physics. The authors of this enlightening book are Richard P. Feynman, Robert B. Leighton, and Matthew Sands. Richard P. Feynman was the Richard Chace Tolman Professor of theoretical physics at the California Institute of Technology. He was awarded Nobel Prize in 1965 for his good work on the development of quantum field theory. Feynman teaching method is unique, he explains every topic with suitable examples. In the teaching method, he earned legendary status among all teachers and students.1961 to 1963, Feynman delivered numerous lectures at the California Institute of Technology. He introduces physics with six easy topics, which names are atoms, basic physics, gravitation, energy, quantum mechanics and the relationship of physics with different topics. Furthermore, his topic covered with excellent examples that are good for all readers. Feynman is like one of the great teachers that you find every once in a great while. To sum it up, Six Easy Pieces is a must-read book which introduces the fundamentals of physics.

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“What Do You Care What Other People Think?”

by Richard P. Feynman, Ralph Leighton
333 pages - - 12 MB New!

The “What Do You Care What Other People Think?”: Further Adventures of a Curious Character 1st Edition” is a wonderful biography book of Richard P. Feynman. The authors of this excellent book are Richard P. Feynman and Ralph Leighton. Feynman was a professor at Cornell University. He writes numerous book on physics and all of them are worth to read. His books engage all the reader from start to end of the page and give knowledge about numerous topics of physics. This book has different stories about Feynman, some funny, some serious and some inspirational but all of them are worth to read. Feynman describes his first wife, Arlene, she lay dying in a hospital bed. Richard Feynman was a genius and he was not afraid of expounding his own strong opinions. He was the most innovative and brilliant scientist and physicist. The second part of this book deals with Feynman’s presence on the committee investigating the 1986 crash of the Space Shuttle Challenger. To know about further of Feynman biographies, then read this best-selling book. In short, “What Do You Care What Other People Think?” is an amazing biography book of Feynman physics scientist.

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Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman

by Richard P. Feynman
333 pages - - 1 MB New!

The “Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman: Adventures of a Curious Character 1st Edition” is an amazing scientist biography book. Feynman was a professor at Cornell University and Caltech. He received the Noble Prize for physics in 1965. In 1986 he served with distinction on the Rogers Commission investigating the Space shuttle Challenger disaster. In this informative book, Feynman drew from slices of his life experiences. He delights with life shines through everything and nothing gets him down. This book is divided into five parts corresponding to different parts of the Feynman life. The stories themselves are rarely more than half a dozen pages long, and none depend on the others. The last chapter of this book has an entire philosophy and ethos of scientific thought and rolled into a few pages. Additionally, Feynman shares his experience trading ideas on atomic physics with Einstein. It is one of those books one could pick up when you have just a few minutes. Furthermore, Feynman writes about that in silent fashion, his deep love for her and sorrow for the loss comes through. All in all, Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman is a great biography book.

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Feynman Lectures on Computation

by Richard P. Feynman
333 pages - - New!

When, in 1984–86, Richard P. Feynman gave his famous course on computation at the California Institute of Technology, he asked Tony Hey to adapt his lecture notes into a book. Although led by Feynman, the course also featured, as occasional guest speakers, some of the most brilliant men in science at that time, including Marvin Minsky, Charles Bennett, and John Hopfield.Although the lectures are now thirteen years old, most of the material is timeless and presents a “Feynmanesque” overview of many standard and some not-so-standard topics in computer science such as reversible logic gates and quantum computers.

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Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track

by Richard P. Feynman
333 pages - - New!

A Nobel Prize-winning physicist, a loving husband and father, an enthusiastic teacher, a surprisingly accomplished bongo player, and a genius of the highest caliber---Richard P. Feynman was all these and more. Perfectly Reasonable Deviations From the Beaten Track--collecting over forty years' worth of Feynman's letters--offers an unprecedented look at the writer and thinker whose scientific mind and lust for life made him a legend in his own time. Containing missives to and from such scientific luminaries as Victor Weisskopf, Stephen Wolfram, James Watson, and Edward Teller, as well as a remarkable selection of letters to and from fans, students, family, and people from around the world eager for Feynman's advice and counsel, Perfectly Reasonable Deviations From the Beaten Track not only illuminates the personal relationships that underwrote the key developments in modern science, but also forms the most intimate look at Feynman yet available.Feynman was a man many felt close to but few really knew, and this collection reveals the full wisdom and private passion of a personality that captivated everyone it touched. Perfectly Reasonable Deviations From the Beaten Track is an eloquent testimony to the virtue of approaching the world with an inquiring eye; it demonstrates the full extent of the Feynman legacy like never before. Edited and with additional commentary by his daughter Michelle, it's a must-read for Feynman fans everywhere, and for anyone seeking to better understand one of the towering figures--and defining personalities--of the twentieth century.

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Six Not-So-Easy Pieces

by Richard P. Feynman
333 pages - - New!

It was 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. In Six Not-So-Easy Pieces, taken from these famous lectures, Feynman delves into one of the most revolutionary discoveries in twentieth-century physics: Einstein's theory of relativity. The idea that the flow of time is not 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, these tricky ideas are not merely dry principles of physics, but things of beauty and elegance.No one—not even Einstein himself—explained these difficult, anti-intuitive concepts more clearly, or with more verve and gusto, than Richard Feynman. Filled with wonderful examples and clever illustrations, Six Not-So-Easy Pieces is the ideal introduction to fundamentals of physics by one of the most admired and accessible physicists of all times.“There is no better explanation for the scientifically literate layman.”—The Washington Post Book World

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The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. I

by Richard P. Feynman
333 pages - - New!

"The whole thing was basically an experiment," Richard Feynman said late in his career, looking back on the origins of his lectures. The experiment turned out to be hugely successful, spawning publications that have remained definitive and introductory to physics for decades. Ranging from the basic principles of Newtonian physics through such formidable theories as general relativity and quantum mechanics, Feynman's lectures stand as a monument of clear exposition and deep insight.Timeless and collectible, the lectures are essential reading, not just for students of physics but for anyone seeking an introduction to the field from the inimitable Feynman.

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The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. II

by Richard P. Feynman
333 pages - - New!

"The whole thing was basically an experiment," Richard Feynman said late in his career, looking back on the origins of his lectures. The experiment turned out to be hugely successful, spawning publications that have remained definitive and introductory to physics for decades. Ranging from the basic principles of Newtonian physics through such formidable theories as general relativity and quantum mechanics, Feynman's lectures stand as a monument of clear exposition and deep insight.Timeless and collectible, the lectures are essential reading, not just for students of physics but for anyone seeking an introduction to the field from the inimitable Feynman.