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Feynman's Tips on Physics

Reflections, Advice, Insights, Practice

Feynman's Tips on Physics( )
Author: Gottlieb, Michael
Feynman, Richard Phillips
Leighton, Ralph
Foreword by: Gottlieb, Michael
Feynman, Richard Phillips
Leighton, Ralph
ISBN:978-0-465-02797-2
Publication Date:Jan 2013
Publisher:Basic Books
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $17.99
Book Description:

Feynman's Tips on Physics is a delightful collection of Richard P. Feynman's insights and an essential companion to his legendary Feynman Lectures on Physics With characteristic flair, insight, and humour, Feynman discusses topics physics students often struggle with and offers valuable tips on addressing them. Included here are three lectures on problem-solving and a lecture on inertial guidance omitted from The Feynman Lectures on Physics . An enlightening memoir by Matthew Sands and...
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Book Details
Pages:208
Detailed Subjects: Science / Physics / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):8.19 x 5.577 x 0.585 Inches
Book Weight:0.418 Pounds
Author Biography
Gottlieb, Michael (Author)
Richard Feynman, an American theoretical physicist, received his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1942 and worked at Los Alamos, New Mexico, on the atomic bomb during World War II. From 1945 to 1950, he taught at Cornell University and became professor of theoretical physics at the California Institute of Technology in 1950.

Feynman made important contributions to quantum electrodynamics (QED) and electromagnetic interactions, such as interactions among electrons. In Feynman's approach, interactions are considered exchanges of virtual particles. For example, Feynman explained the interaction of two electrons as an exchange of virtual photons. Feynman's theory has proved to be accurate in its predictions. In 1965 the Nobel Prize for physics was awarded to three pioneers in quantum electrodynamics: Feynman, Julian Schwinger, and Sin-Itiro Tomonaga.

Feynman was an outspoken critic of NASA for its failure to notice flaws in the design of the Challenger space shuttle, which resulted in its tragic explosion.

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