Feynman Lectures On Gravitation (Frontiers in Physics S)

Brian Hatfield; David Pines; Fernando Morinigo; Richard Feynman; William Wagner

ISBN 10: 0813340381 / ISBN 13: 9780813340388

Published by Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado, 2003

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9" tall trade softcover. A little bumping to top edge, front spine area, otherwise very minimal shlef wear to cover. Pages are tight; clean/unmarked. 232 pages. Last copyright stated as 2003. Number line = 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3. Edited by Brian Hatfield. With a Foreword by John Preskill & Kip S. Thorne. Close to As New condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Feynman Lectures On Gravitation (Frontiers in Physics S)
• Publisher: Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0813340381
• ISBN 13: 9780813340388
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

The Feynman Lectures on Gravitation are based on notes prepared during a course on gravitational physics that Richard Feynman taught at Caltech during the 1962-63 academic year. For several years prior to these lectures, Feynman thought long and hard about the fundamental problems in gravitational physics, yet he published very little. These lectures represent a useful record of his viewpoints and some of his insights into gravity and its application to cosmology, superstars, wormholes, and gravitational waves at that particular time. The lectures also contain a number of fascinating digressions and asides on the foundations of physics and other issues.Characteristically, Feynman took an untraditional non-geometric approach to gravitation and general relativity based on the underlying quantum aspects of gravity. Hence, these lectures contain a unique pedagogical account of the development of Einstein's general theory of relativity as the inevitable result of the demand for a self-consistent theory of a massless spin-2 field (the graviton) coupled to the energy-momentum tensor of matter. This approach also demonstrates the intimate and fundamental connection between gauge invariance and the principle of equivalence.

About the Author

Richard Feynman