Lectures on Physics: Commemorative Issue, Volume 1

by Matthew L. Sands, Richard P. Feynman, Robert B. Leighton, et al.

Book Overview

"The whole thing was basically an experiment," Richard Feynman said late in his career, looking back on the origins of his lectures. The experiment turned out to be hugely successful, spawning... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0201510030
• ISBN13: 9780201510034
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 3.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.4" x 11.4"

Customer Reviews

The Pleasure of Finding Out That Physics Is Pleasurable...

These lectures are a treat. Feynman's spirit in these lectures is unmistakable. Back in the day, I slogged through Haliday & Resnick, and appreciated the experience, but ... I would have loved these lectures. A great companion to the videos posted by Microsoft Research of the Cornell Messenger lectures by Feynman. [...]

Table of Contents

Recorded April - Sept 1963, Cal TechCassette 1 - V1 Ch2 Basic PhysicsCassette 2 - V3 Ch1 Quantum BehaviorCassette 3 - V3 Ch2 The Relation of Wave and Particle ViewpointsCassette 4 - V3 Ch3 Probability AmplitudesCassette 5 - V5 Ch1 Spin OneCassette 6 - V3 Ch6 Spin One-halfThere is something magical about listening to Richard Feynman deliver a lecture on physics.

Richard Feynman can really grow on you ...

August 18, 1999After spending a good part of the last month listening to Richard Feynman's Physics lectures 1,3 and 4 I would like to raise my rating for these tapes to 5 (the highest possible).Richard Feynman can really grow on you as you become part of his Physics class of 1961 - 1962. The audio level is well maintained throughout the series which was a problem in some of his earlier audio books.I look forward to the University of Berkley California extending this Physics series continuously into new exciting topics.For the Physics faculty who may be following these notes the tapes are used nightly for my 19 month old sons bedtime stories. Two hours a night, every night. If your going to listen to something you might as well learn something interesting.Thank you for creating this valuable series.Arnold D Veness

Sends chills down my spine..

It is March 1999 and I am listening to September 1963's Richard Feymann - him obviously being in a very good mood - giving a lecture on basic quantumn physics. Wow! I have read the books that are based on these lectures but hearing Feynman himself gives me the chills. This guy enjoys the stuff and is capable of transfering this joy to his audience. No surprise his lectures became legendary. (Wish my physics professors had been a little bit more like this guy and less like tibetan monks :) One question remains - why the heck have these tapes been published so late? Gimme more - please!