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Six Not-So-Easy Pieces

Einstein's Relativity, Symmetry and Space-Time

Six Not-So-Easy Pieces( )
Author: Feynman, Richard Phillips
Introduction by: Penrose, Roger
ISBN:978-0-465-02393-6
Publication Date:Apr 2005
Publisher:Basic Books
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $14.95
Book Description:

Richard P. Feynman shows so clearly and entertainingly in the lectures chosen for this volume, that the principles of physics are things of beauty and elegance.

Book Details
Pages:184
Detailed Subjects: Science / Time
Science / Physics / Relativity
Science / Physics / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.44 x 8.2 x 0.48 Inches
Book Weight:0.462 Pounds
Author Biography
Feynman, Richard Phillips (Author)
Richard Feynman, an American theoretical physicist, received his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1942 and worked at Los Alamos, New Mexico, on the atomic bomb during World War II. From 1945 to 1950, he taught at Cornell University and became professor of theoretical physics at the California Institute of Technology in 1950.

Feynman made important contributions to quantum electrodynamics (QED) and electromagnetic interactions, such as interactions among electrons. In Feynman's approach, interactions are considered exchanges of virtual particles. For example, Feynman explained the interaction of two electrons as an exchange of virtual photons. Feynman's theory has proved to be accurate in its predictions. In 1965 the Nobel Prize for physics was awarded to three pioneers in quantum electrodynamics: Feynman, Julian Schwinger, and Sin-Itiro Tomonaga.

Feynman was an outspoken critic of NASA for its failure to notice flaws in the design of the Challenger space shuttle, which resulted in its tragic explosion.

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