Six Easy Pieces

Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher

Trade Paperback and Six Audio Compact Discs

by Richard P. Feynman

Publisher: Perseus Books
Year: 1995
ISBN: 0738200220
Description: Trade Paperback and 6 Audio Compact Discs, VG condition,
Condition: no marks, no underlining, no highlighting, minor wear to slipcase

 

This set couples a book containing the six easiest chapters from Richard Feynman's landmark work, Lectures on Physics--specifically designed for the general, non-scientist reader--with the actual recordings of the late, great physicist delivering the lectures on which the chapters are based. The six compact discs are "music" CDs, not CD-ROMs. Nobel Laureate and genius-at-large Richard Feynman gave these lectures just once, to a group of Caltech undergraduates in 1961 and 1962. He is a startlingly lucid, agile, contagiously enthusiastic communicator, and hearing him deliver these lectures himself in his broad New York accent is a great experience.

This set couples a book containing the six easiest chapters from Richard Feynman's landmark work, Lectures on Physics--specifically designed for the general, non-scientist reader--with the actual recordings of the late, great physicist delivering the lectures on which the chapters are based. The six compact discs are "music" CDs, not CD-ROMs. Nobel Laureate and genius-at-large Richard Feynman gave these lectures just once, to a group of Caltech undergraduates in 1961 and 1962. He is a startlingly lucid, agile, contagiously enthusiastic communicator, and hearing him deliver these lectures himself in his broad New York accent is a great experience.

 

 

CONTENTS

Publisher's Note vii
Introduction by Paul Davies ix Special Preface xix
Feynman's Preface xxv

ONE: Atoms in Motion 1

Introduction 1
Matter is made of atoms 4 Atomic processes 10
Chemical reactions 15

TWO: Basic Physics 23

Introduction 23
Physics before 1920 27
Quantum physics 32
Nuclei and particles 38

THREE: The Relation of Physics to Other Sciences 47

Introduction 47
Chemistry 48
Biology 49
Astronomy 59
Geology 61
Psychology 63
How did it get that way? 64

FOUR: Conservation of Energy 69

What is energy? 69
Gravitational potential energy 72
Kinetic energy 80
Other forms of energy 81

FIVE: The Theory of Gravitation 89

Planetary motions 89
Kepler's laws 90
Development of dynamics 92
Newton's law of gravitation 94
Universal gravitation 98
Cavendish's experiment 104
What is gravity? 107
Gravity and relativity 112

SIX: Quantum Behavior 115

Atomic mechanics 115
An experiment with bullets 117
An experiment with waves 120
An experiment with electrons 122
The interface of electron waves 124
Watching the electrons 127
First principles of quantum mechanics 133
The uncertainty principle 136

Index 139
About Richard Feynman 145

 

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