Feynman's Tips on Physics: A Problem-Solving Supplement to The Feynman Lectures on Physics - Hardcover

Feynman, Richard Phillips; Gottlieb, Michael A.; Leighton, Ralph; Leighton, Robert B.; Sands, Matthew; Vogt, Rochus

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805390634 ISBN 13: 9780805390636

Publisher: Addison-Wesley, 2005

Synopsis

This new volume contains four previously unpublished lectures that Feynman gave to students preparing for exams. With characteristic flair, insight and humor, Feynman discusses topics students struggle with and offers valuable tips on solving physics problems. An illuminating memoir by Matthew Sands — who originally conceived The Feynman Lectures on Physics — gives a fascinating insight into the history of Feynman’s lecture series and the books that followed. This book is rounded off by relevant exercises and answers by R. B. Leighton and R. E. Vogt, originally developed to accompany the Lectures on Physics.

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About the Author

Richard P. Feynman was a professor of physics at the California Institute of Technology from 1951 to 1988. He shared the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on quantum electrodynamics. Michael A. Gottlieb is a visitor in physics at the California Institute of Technology, and an editor of The Feynman Lectures on Physics and Exercises for the Feynman Lectures on Physics. He administers the Feynman Lectures website, feynmanlectures.info. Ralph Leighton is an author, lateral thinker, and longtime friend of the late Richard Feynman.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Addison-Wesley
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0805390634
• ISBN 13: 9780805390636
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 162