“richard p feynman”

Richard Feynman was one of the most inspirational men of our times. He won the Nobel Prize, wrote equations on napkins in strip joints, cracked safes for fun while working on the atom bomb, upset those in authority, and touched countless lives. He also wrote hundreds of witty, eccentric, and moving ... More

This collection of the best short works of rule-breaking genius Richard Feynman shows his passion for knowledge and sense of fun at their most infectious. The revealing and inspiring pieces here span a lifetime of enthusiasm for discovering what makes the world tick - including uproarious tales of e... More

Based on the "Messenger Lectures", given by the Nobel Prize-winner Feynman at Cornell and filmed by the BBC, this book explores the nature of the laws of physics (in particular, those of Newton, Maxwell and Einstein) and their relationship to mathematical formulation. Why does nature seem subject to... More

Drawn from his landmark text, "Lectures on Physics", this book reveals Feynman's distinctive style while introducing the essentials of physics. The topics explored include atoms, the fundamentals of physics and its relation to other sciences, the theory of gravitation and quantum behaviour.... More

Originally published by Allen Lane in 1998, a popular science book containing material from the physics lectures of Richard Feynman on the subject of Einstein's relativity theory.... More

With genius, passion, and unmatched flair, this one-volume "greatest hits" of the Feynman lectures places listeners in the classroom of one of the 20th century's most brilliant teachers. Unabridged. 6 CDs.For more than thirty years, Richard P. Feynman's three-volume "Lectures on Physics" has been kn... More