Six Not-So-Easy Pieces, 4th Edition
Einstein's Relativity, Symmetry, and Space-Time
$21.99
- Paperback
184 pages
- Release Date
22 March 2011
Summary
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…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780465025268 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0465025269 |
| Author: | Matthew Sands, Richard Feynman, Robert Leighton |
| Publisher: | Basic Books |
| Imprint: | Basic Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 184 |
| Edition: | 4th |
| Release Date: | 22 March 2011 |
| Weight: | 180g |
| Dimensions: | 208mm x 138mm x 14mm |
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“There is no better explanation for the scientifically literate layman.”– Washington Post Book World
“There is no better explanation for the scientifically literate layman.”–Washington Post Book World
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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