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.
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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.
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By TDrinkrrr
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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.
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By veinstein
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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.
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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I wish all my profs are like Feynman
I rediscovered my lost love for physics through Feynman. I have never ever wanted to read a textbook this much before. Read more
Published on Mar 15 2009 by superwoman
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Confusing but decent
I spoke to soon earlier. This is a fairly good book. I'm going to get an"0 of # people foudn this review helpful" but what do I care. Read more
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Conceptual Clarity
Upon reading these books it is immediately apparent that Richard Feyman had a complete grasp of the concepts presented. Read more
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Schaum's>Feynman Lectures
Hype is absolutely right; If you want to really learn physics you have to be solving problems and as Gregory mentioned there are NO exercises. Read more
Published on Jun 13 2003
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Don't Believe the Hype!
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Published on April 4 2003 by Gregory Bravo
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Don't Believe the Hype!
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Published on April 4 2003 by Gregory Bravo
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An Timeless Classic!!!
The set of lectures was gived by the one of greatest physicist in the earth, Richard Feynman. To me, I didn't take these lectures as my introductory course of physics. Read more
Published on Jan 20 2003 by TsungpLee
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The most impressive overview and presentation of Physics
I agree with the many reviewers that state that there is a mathematical sophistication presented by Feynman, that most High School students or Freshman students will not have. Read more
Published on Dec 19 2002
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Feynman -- simply the best physics teacher of his era
Feynman's famous three-volume set is an edited set based on his lectures to the introductory physics classes at Caltech, which are widely considered to be among the best lecture... Read more
Published on Nov 20 2002 by "pmcmeans"
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Best science book
Feynman's is the best science book I ever read. The volume III is really unique. Simply a creative way to present the quantum mechanics, a normally very difficult subject. Read more
Published on Oct 30 2002 by "bearofthecity"
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