The Feynman Lectures on Physics Volumes 5-6 [Audiobook, CD] [Audio CD]

Richard P. Feynman (Author)

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Publication Date: November 2, 2004

Basic Books is proud to announce the next two volumes of the complete audio CD collection of the recorded lectures delivered by the late Richard P. Feynman, lectures originally delivered to his physics students at Caltech and later fashioned by the author into his classic textbook Lectures on Physics. Ranging from the most basic principles of Newtonian physics through such formidable theories as Einstein's general relativity, superconductivity, and quantum mechanics, Feynman's 111 lectures stand as a monument of clear exposition and deep insight.

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About the Author

Richard P. Feynman was raised in Far Rockaway, New York, and received his Ph.D. from Princeton. He held professorships at both Cornell and the California Institute of Technology. In 1965 he received the Nobel Prize for his work on quantum electrodynamics. He died in 1988.

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Basic Books (November 2, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0738202835
• ISBN-13: 978-0738202839
• Product Dimensions: 5.8 x 5.2 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,297,598 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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39 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Use with the Feynman Lectures (Red Books) - 3 Volume Set, July 28, 2005

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As other reviewers have stated this series has a few problems. The first is that the audio was copied from audio tapes as one long CD track without partitions which is a huge pain. The lectures are also all jumbled up into "topic areas", and the listener is left to align them to the chapters in the Feynman Lectures on Physics (the sections to which the commentator on the CD's refers are in these books. If you are learning physics for the first time, you definitely want the books to go along with at the same time (ISBN: 0201021153, or even better get the hardcover).

Audio Volume 5: Feynman on Fundamentals: Energy and Motion
'The Feynman Lectures on Physics: Feynman on Fundamentals : Energy and Motion (Feynman Lectures on Physics (Audio))'
Volume I, Chapter 4: Conservation of Energy
Volume I, Chapter 8: Motion
Volume I, Chapter 9: Newton's Laws of Dynamics
Volume I, Chapter 10: Conservation of Momentum
Volume I, Chapter 13: Work and Potential Energy (A)
Volume I, Chapter 14: Work and Potential Energy (Conclusion)

Audio Volume 6: Feynman on Fundamentals: Kinetics and Heat
'The Feynman Lectures on Physics Vol. 6 : Feynman on Fundamentals : Kinetics and Heat'
Volume I, Chapter 39: The Kinetic Theory of Gases
Volume I, Chapter 41: The Brownian Movement
Volume I, Chapter 42: Applications of Kinetic Theory
Volume I, Chapter 43: Diffusion
Volume I, Chapter 44: The Laws of Thermodynamics
Volume I, Chapter 45: Illustrations of Thermodynamics

Thanks to Autodidact Andy for the contents list.

3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great but have the books handy, August 10, 2006

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These lectures are brilliant but useless without the aid of his red books sitting in your lap. It would have been better if the imbecile producers of these lectures had put out videos instead. Not surprising what they did. No one's given them a nobel prize

The BIG question is as follows:

Which CD or tape volums has the Principle of least action lecture?

any help would be mightily appreciated. Please post your response on this page if you want to answer. thanks to all and feynman in particular (sent by god no doubt). I somehow like his QM lectures the best. Is it possible for a human being to know so much.