Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher - Brossura

Feynman, Richard P.; Leighton, Robert B.; Sands, Matthew L.

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ISBN 10: 0201408252 ISBN 13: 9780201408256

Casa editrice: Perseus Books, 1996

Riassunto

Richard P. Feynman (1918-1988) was widely recognized as the most creative physicist of the post-World War II period. His career was extraordinarily expansive. From his contributions to the development of the atomic bomb at Los Alamos during World War II to his work in quantum electrodynamics, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1965, Feynman was celebrated for his brilliant and irreverent approach to physics. 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, at the California Institute of Technology, delivered a series of lectures that revolutionized the teaching of physics around the world. "Six Easy Pieces," taken from these famous Lectures on Physics, represents the most accessible material from this series. In these six chapters, Feynman introduces the general reader to the following topics: atoms, basic physics, the relationship of physics to other topics, energy, gravitation, and quantum force. With his dazzling and inimitable wit, Feynman presents each discussion without equations or technical jargon. Readers will remember how - using ice water and rubber - Feynman demonstrated with stunning simplicity to a nationally televised audience the physics of the 1986 Challenger disaster. It is precisely this ability - the clear and direct illustration of complex theories - that made Richard Feynman one of the most distinguished educators in the world. 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 scientists of our time.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Richard P. Feynman was raised in Far Rockaway, New York, and received his Ph.D. from Princeton. He held professorships at both Cornell and the California Institute of Technology. In 1965 he received the Nobel Prize for his work on quantum electrodynamics. He died in 1988.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Perseus Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0201408252
• ISBN 13: 9780201408256
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 146
• Redattore: Leighton Robert B., Sands Matthew
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile