Six easy pieces : essentials of physics explained by its most brilliant teacher /
6 easy pieces: essentials of physics explained by its most brilliant teacher
Richard P. Feynman ; originally prepared for publication by Robert B. Leighton and Matthew Sands ; introduction by Paul Davies.
- New York, NY : Basic Books, [2005], c1995.
- xxix, 144 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Includes index.
Publisher's note -- Introduction by roger penrose -- Special preface -- Feynman's preface -- Atoms in motion -- Introduction -- Matter is made of atoms -- Atomic processes -- Chemical reactions -- Basic physics: Introduction -- Physics before 1920 -- Quantum physics -- Nuclei and particles -- Relation of physics to other sciences: Introduction -- Chemistry -- Biology -- Astronomy -- Geology -- Psychology -- How did it get that way? -- Conservation of energy: What is energy? -- Gravitational potential energy -- Kinetic energy -- Other forms of energy -- Theory of gravitation: Planetary motions -- Kepler's laws -- Development of dynamics -- Newton's law of gravitation -- Universal gravitation -- Cavendish's experiment -- What is gravity? -- Gravity and relativity -- Quantum behavior: Atomic mechanics -- Experiment with bullets -- Experiment with waves -- Experiment with electrons -- Interface of electron waves -- Watching the electrons -- First principles of quantum mechanics -- Uncertainty principle -- Index.
The six easiest chapters from Feynman's celebrated lectures on physics, which the Nobel Prize-winning scientist delivered from 1961 to 1963 at the California Institute of Technology, have been reprinted in this volume.