SELECTED PAPERS OF RICHARD FEYNMAN (WITH COMMENTARY) (World Scientific Series in 20th Century Physics) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9810241305 ISBN 13: 9789810241308

Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc, 2000

Synopsis

These scientific papers of Richard Feynman are renowned for their brilliant content and the author's striking original style. They are grouped by topic: path integral approach to the foundations of quantum mechanics and quantum field theory, renormalized quantum electrodynamics, theory of superfluid liquid helium, theory of the Fermi interaction, polarons, gravitation, partons, computer theory, etc. Comments on Feynman's topics are provided by the editor, together with biographical notes and a complete bibliography of Feynman's publications.

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Review

"Brown's commentaries are most helpful and constitute a valuable addition to the collection ..." -- Sam Schweber, Brandeis University

"Feynman's reputation rests on his major contributions to science and such a selection of key papers is a useful reference." -- CERN Courier, 2001

"One cannot fail to be impressed by the range and quality of Feynman's work, in his distinctive and incisive style." -- Contemporary Physics, 2002

"The path-integral variational principle and the influence functional, for example, are nowhere better presented than in Feynman's papers." -- Frank Wilczek, MIT

"This book has an excellent chronological bibliography of Feynman's work ..." -- Choice, Jul 2001

Edition details

• Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9810241305
• ISBN 13: 9789810241308
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1012
• Editor: Brown Laurie M