- Paperback: 1552 pages
- Publisher: Addison Wesley Longman (Trade); 1 edition (1970)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0201021153
- ISBN-13: 978-0201021158
- Product Dimensions: 28.2 x 21.6 x 5.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 3.1 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (58 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #102,276 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This series commemorates the 25th anniversary of the intial release of The Feynman Lectures on Physics, a classic introduction to the study of physics. The three volume set is based upon a course of lectures in introductory physics given by Professor Richard Feynman at the California Institute of Technology durng 1961 and 1962. Three hardcover volumes in a slipcase.
--This text refers to the
Hardcover
edition.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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A classic-- but not really for everyone,
By A Customer
This review is from: Feynman Lectures on Physics (3 Volume Set) (Paperback)
The Feynman lectures on physics is a transcript of some of the lectures Feynman gave at the California Institute of Technology to freshman and sophomore students. It was somewhat of an "experiment"; feynman had never done this before. He purposed to adress these lectures to the most "intelligent" of the class. It should be no surprise that these lectures are difficult. Caltech students are among the highest scoring on the math college boards of the country; they can handle the math, so often used in these lectures. Feynman often assumes knowledge of certain subjects. These are some things that are helpfull to understanding the content the first volume: equation of oscilliating spring, Newton's equation of gravitation, fundamental algebra, trigonometry, a couple theorems of geometry... Calculus is definately helpfull to know, as Feynman's lecture on its principles is just a reminder to the students he was adressing, most of which were already proficient in the matter. These things aside, this texbook is one of the best college texbooks you can get; lucid, interesting, and very challenging. Feynman at his best; he can be quite humourous at times: i personally love it when he makes fun of the philosphers. So buy the book, but don't get discouraged if it's hard.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A rare gem,
By TDrinkrrr (Reston, Virginia United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Feynman Lectures on Physics (3 Volume Set) (Paperback)
The Feynman 'brand' has been over-extended a bit since his death. All that bongo nonsense! So, was the dude any good? It's a bit too early to judge his research; give it, say, 400 years. We can judge his teaching though, and, as these books show, it was exceptionally good. These books present a long meandering through the highlights of classical, 19th and early-20th century physics with enough intelligence and content to keep the sharp ones awake and the dim ones from getting lost. So, this is no use as a physics text in the usual sense of the word; if it's 3am and you need to know how to derive the Lorentz transform from the basic relativity axioms, this book won't help. If you want to spend a diverting hour learning about relativity, then this book will be great fun.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Inventing Reality - Feynman's Version,
By veinstein (bellaire, tx United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Feynman Lectures on Physics (3 Volume Set) (Paperback)
With these lectures, you are along for the ride as Feynman invents reality. I like to compare this work to a Mozart piano variation.Give Mozart a melody and he'll compose a hundred variations of it. Feyman does the same in presenting a dynamic or equation - you realize that behind an equation lies a thousand stories. Read and master this work if you want to be a credible physicist.
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