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Richard P. Feynman

The Feynman Lectures on Physics: Commemorative Issue, Three Volume Set Later Printing Edition

by Richard P. Feynman (Author), Robert B. Leighton (Author), Matthew Sands (Author)

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The Feynman Lectures on Physics: Commemorative Issue, Three Volume Set.

Feynman's effective classroom style remains intact in these volumes, a valuable work by a remarkable educator.
The volumes are an edited version of Richard Feynman's lectures, taped and transcribed specifically for the books.
The three volume commemorative issue is either available hardbound and packaged in a specially designed slipcase, or in a paperbound edition.

This three volume work was originally designed for a two-year introductory physics course given at the California Institute of Technology — a course designed to take advantage of readers' increasing mathematical prowess and to provide a more comprehensive view of modern-day physics. It is a rigorous undertaking that resulted in a classic reference work for anyone interested in physics.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Addison Wesley; Later Printing edition (January 1, 1989)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 1552 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0201500647
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0201500646
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.74 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.1 x 3.3 x 11.8 inches

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Richard P. Feynman was born in 1918 and grew up in Far Rockaway, New York. At the age of seventeen he entered MIT and in 1939 went to Princeton, then to Los Alamos, where he joined in the effort to build the atomic bomb. Following World War II he joined the physics faculty at Cornell, then went on to Caltech in 1951, where he taught until his death in 1988. He shared the Nobel Prize for physics in 1965, and served with distinction on the Shuttle Commission in 1986. A commemorative stamp in his name was issued by the U.S. Postal Service in 2005.

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 31, 2009

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This famous 3 volume set is best used in one of the following ways:

1. You are a student who has already taken university calculus based physics and are interested in another view of the subject by one of the modern masters of physics
2.. You are a professional who is reading the texts for intellectual stimulation; e.g., you are a curious engineer (Really,
anyone who has taken the standard university calculus sequence through multivariable calculus can tackle the material in these books)
3. You are taking university physics and want to use these books for additional readings to understand important concepts and the big picture

If you are planning to use these books as your primary textbook source to learn the basics of physics, I agree with the comments that Feynman made in the preface that these lectures were a failure. Better calculus-based textbooks such as the 2nd edition of Halliday and
Resnick Fundamental of Physics already exist that cover the standard freshman calculus-based physics faire. However, the Feynman lectures are great to flip through, scan, skip around, read a page here and there. There are amazing deep insights sprinkled throughout.

The serious student of physics or engineering should try and dig up the 3 volume MIT physics series by French (Newtonian Mechanics, Vibrations, Special Relativity) and the 5 volume Berkeley Physics Course (BPC) to seek a deep and mathematically rigorous introduction to
physics. BPC Volume 2 on E&M by Purcell is still in print and still in use but the other volumes on Mechanics, Waves, Quantum, and Statistical Physics are harder to find.

The absolute beginner should immediately invest in Physics for the Inquiring Mind by Rogers (1960) and An Introduction to the Meaning and Structure of Physics by Cooper (1968). Cooper won the nobel prize in physics and is an excellent writer.
These books would serve as excellent volumes to read before Feynman.

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A Tour de Force for Nerds (and non-Nerds) of All Ages

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I completed my last Physics class in 1964, and I still go back to these lectures from time to time simply because they're a joy to read.

OK, I'll admit I spent 35 years developing system software and I have a life long love of math and science, but I think these lectures are accessible to anyone who wants to actually understand what physics is all about. Dr. Feynman is able to present the concepts in a way that gets past the "here's the formula, memorize it" approach that many introductory presentations have been reduced to. If you persist, you will be rewarded with an understanding of how all those odd sounding bits fit together and at least some idea of how it all works.

Taking on these three volumes is a daunting task, but if you truly want to grasp this material, you won't find a shorter or easier path to getting there. You can read all kinds of popularizations relating to the voodoo of quantum mechanics, the time twisting of relativity, and the unfathomability of the smallest and the largest scales of the universe, but if you want to glimpse the reality behind the magic you need to recognize that a lot of very, very smart people have spent the past few hundred years sorting it out. The fact that all this can be made comprehensible to us mere mortals at all is a major accomplishment.

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Good but lacks mathematical rigor

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I read all three of these books over a six month period. They are a fairly comprehensive study of college level physics at a beginning to intermediate level. The most through treatment is given to the subject of Electromagnetism.

As others have mentioned the style is very informal which may be why it appeals to many. I however found the style to be too informal and in particular lack mathematical rigor. At least for me lack of mathematics made understanding the issues more difficult.

These books do not have any exercises. In my opinion it is impossible to really learn physics without doing problems. The more problems you do the better your understanding. I would advise anyone using these series to complement it with books with problems such as Schuam's outlines. You will need to get the appropriate Schuam for the particular subject you want to dive deep into.

On the whole I found the experience of reading them rewarding. I would recommend these books but not as the only source for the subjects.

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Filiep Samyn

Wordy very wordy - not a physics textbook

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I started with the first book and was overwhelmed with the long explanations (often philosophical); just pages and pages without really conveying any notions about physics expressed as a formula. I learned calculus at 16 and the essentials of vectors at 14. Having pages filled with ‘basics math’ is a waste of time. I could get past that but for a book that wants to be rigorous I can only express disappointment. Just a few examples.
On p. 4.6 ‘we shall soon find that we can write’ kinetic energy as WV^2/2g. Nowhere in this book have I found a derivation of this formula.
On p. 11.8 ‘to subtract two vectors we put across the ends…no’ which is correct and invalidate fig 11.7 where V2-v1 is drawn incorrectly. Very fine but then the explanation continues with fig 11.8 which duplicates the error. Seriously?
On p. 12.7 the force between two particles is given in formula 12.2 followed by the same but incorrect formula 12.3 on p. 12.8 which is somehow mysteriously corrected by formula 12.4
There are too many statements similar to ‘we will find, we will explain later, this law is incorrect’ without providing a reference where the explanation will be given.
Frankly I cannot see how a student would be able to use this book to learn physics. Smart people are not necessarily good authors of textbooks.

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You're not joking, Prof Feynman

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I heard about the famous Lectures on Physics, but for some reason never had read them. Then recently I borrowed "Surely you're Joking Mr Feynman" from a friend, and thought it was hilarious (and ingenious). Richard Feynman's intellectual curiosity shines out from the pages of that book, as well as a constantly questioning, straight-talking attitude to life. Anyhow, I decided to read the Lectures in Physics, backwards, starting with Volume III. I haven't finished, but the others reviewers are quite right: these lectures are full of insights; and Feynman explains how he reached the conclusions he reaches - which lots of the time I have not seen anywhere else. His reasoning is inventive but always based on the physics and what experiment shows. For example, some more recent physics books define quantum mechanics in terms of operators on a (complex) Hilbert Space, but fail capture the reality of the results of double-slit experiments with electrons or what happens when you split particle beams in a chamber, split the output in the same way and then block the beams in various combinations (Stern-Gerlach apparatus). Feynman describes both the experimental physics and the theoretical constructions that can be used to predict that behaviour. These books are an excellent read if you want an insight into the way science works and to understand a range of physical theories. I think the world is a poorer place without Prof Feynman.

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Mervyn

The Essential Physics Primer

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 12, 2010

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I've just started dipping into the 3 volumes and, truth to say, it's one of the most interesting texts I have ever read. The difficulty is in rationing oneself to a lecture a day to eke out the pleasure. Accessible, beautifully crafted, a must read before you die!

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Dr. Stanley Ooi

Feynman Lectures on Physics Vol 1-3

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 23, 2009

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One of the best, if not the best books in Physics. (The late) Prof. Feynman is very good and does NOT assume anything but works everything out from logic and first principles. A must read for any budding physicist! It is also very well written. Expensive but worth every penny!

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