Six Easy Pieces: Essentials Of Physics Explained By Its Most Brilliant Teacher (Helix Book)

Feynman, Richard Phillips, PH.D., and Davies, Paul (Introduction by);

ISBN 10: 0201408252 / ISBN 13: 9780201408256

Published by Basic Books, 1996

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A fine copy in pictorial wraps. Later printing. Covers have some minor general wear. The top corner of page 11 has a crease. A nice tight copy with no names or inscriptions. Illustrated. Cover may not match stock copy photo. 8vo; 146 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Six Easy Pieces: Essentials Of Physics Explained By Its Most Brilliant Teacher (Helix Book)
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0201408252
• ISBN 13: 9780201408256
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • MATHEMATICS AND ENGINEERING
  • TECHNOLOGY AND TECHNICAL
  • SCIENCE

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Synopsis

Richard P. Feynman (1918–1988) was widely recognized as the most creative physicist of the post–World War II period. His career was extraordinarily expansive. From his contributions to the development of the atomic bomb a Los Alamos during World War II to his work in quantum electrodynamics, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1965, Feynman was celebrated for his brilliant and irreverent approach to physics.It was Feynman's outrageous and scintillating method of teaching that earned him legendary status among students and professors of physics. From 1961–1963, Feynman, at the California Institute of Technology, delivered a series of lectures that revolutionized the teaching of physics around the world. Six Easy Pieces, taken from the famous Lectures on Physics, represents the most accessible material from this series. In these six chapters, Feynman introduces the general reader to the following topics: atoms, basic physics, the relationship of physics to other topics, energy, gravitation, and quantum force. With his dazzling and inimitable wit, Feynman presents each discussion without equations or technical jargon.Readers will remember how—using ice water and rubber—Feynman demonstrated with stunning simplicity to a nationally televised audience the physics of the 1986 Challenger disaster. It is precisely this ability—the clear and direct illustration of complex theories—that made Richard Feynman one of the most distinguished educators in the world. Filled with wonderful examples and clever illustrations, Six Easy Pieces is the ideal introduction to the fundamentals of physics by one of the most admired and accessible scientists of our time.

About the Author

Richard P. Feynman was raised in Far Rockaway, New York, and received his Ph.D. from Princeton. He held professorships at both Cornell and the California Institute of Technology. In 1965 he received the Nobel Prize for his work on quantum electrodynamics. He died in 1988.