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

Feynman, Richard Phillips

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9810241305 ISBN 13: 9789810241308

Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc, 2000

Synopsis

These reprinted papers of Feynman (1918-88), Los Alamos scientist and co-winner of the Nobel Prize for physics in 1965, address quantum chemistry, classical and quantum electrodynamics path integrals and operator calculus, liquid helium, the physics of elementary particles, quantum gravity, and computer theory. Lacks a subject index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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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: 999
• Editor: Brown Laurie M.