Six Easy Pieces Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher
by Feynman, Richard P.; Leighton, Robert B.; Sands, MatthewEdition: 4th
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Pub. Date: 2011-03-22
Publisher(s): Basic Books
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Summary
The six easiest chapters from Feynman's landmark work, Lectures on Physics-- specifically designed for the general, non-scientist reader.
Author Biography
The late Richard P. Feynman (1918-1988) was Richard Chace Tolman Professor of Theoretical Physics at the California Institute of Technology. He was awarded the 1965 Nobel Prize for his work on the development of quantum field theory. He was also one of the most famous and beloved figures of the twentieth century, both in physics and in the public arena.
Table of Contents
| Publisher's Note | p. vii |
| Introduction | p. ix |
| Special Preface | p. xix |
| Feynman's Preface | p. xxv |
| Atoms in Motion | p. 1 |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Matter is made of atoms | p. 4 |
| Atomic processes | p. 10 |
| Chemical reactions | p. 15 |
| Basic Physics | p. 23 |
| Introduction | p. 23 |
| Physics before 1920 | p. 27 |
| Quantum physics | p. 33 |
| Nuclei and particles | p. 38 |
| The Relation of Physics to Other Sciences | p. 47 |
| Introduction | p. 47 |
| Chemistry | p. 48 |
| Biology | p. 49 |
| Astronomy | p. 59 |
| Geology | p. 61 |
| Psychology | p. 63 |
| How did it get that way? | p. 64 |
| Conservation of Energy | p. 69 |
| What is energy? | p. 69 |
| Gravitational potential energy | p. 72 |
| Kinetic energy | p. 80 |
| Other forms of energy | p. 81 |
| The Theory of Gravitation | p. 89 |
| Planetary motions | p. 89 |
| Kepler's laws | p. 90 |
| Development of dynamics | p. 92 |
| Newton's law of gravitation | p. 94 |
| Universal gravitation | p. 98 |
| Cavendish's experiment | p. 104 |
| What is gravity? | p. 107 |
| Gravity and relativity | p. 112 |
| Quantum Behavior | p. 115 |
| Atomic mechanics | p. 115 |
| An experiment with bullets | p. 117 |
| An experiment with waves | p. 120 |
| An experiment with electrons | p. 122 |
| The interference of electron waves | p. 124 |
| Watching the electrons | p. 127 |
| First principles of quantum mechanics | p. 133 |
| The uncertainty principle | p. 136 |
| Index | p. 139 |
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