Six easy pieces : the fundamentals of physics explained / Richard P. Feynman.
By: Feynman, Richard P. (Richard Phillips)
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BookPublisher: London : Penguin Books Ltd, 1995Description: xxvii, 144 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0140276661.Subject(s): PhysicsDDC classification: 530
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| General lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 530 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Checked out | 25/05/2022 | 00097957 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Richard P Feynman inspired a generation of students across the world with his energetic, unorthodox style of teaching. An outstanding communicator, he presented complex problems in simplified, understandable terms, returning to the fundamentals of physics and illuminating key concepts in a fresh and dynamic way. Drawn from his celebrated and landmark text Lectures on Physics , this collection of essays reveals Feynman's distinctive style while introducing the essentials of physics to the general reader. The topics explored include atoms, the fundamentals of physics and its relation to other sciences, the theory of gravitation and quantum behaviour.
Includes index.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
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.
(Bowker Author Biography)