Exercises for the Feynman Lectures on Physics

by Richard P. Feynman, Robert B. Leighton, Matthew Sands

Combined into one volume for the first time, the updated and clarified Exercises for the Feynman Lectures on Physics provides comprehensive, hands-on practice in all the most important areas of physics -- from Newtonian mechanics through the theory of relativity and quantum mechanics.

A perfect complement to The Feynman Lectures on Physics , these exercises have all been assigned in Caltech's mandatory two-year introductory physics course, either when Richard Feynman was teaching it, or during the nearly two decades that followed when The Feynman Lectures on Physics was used as the textbook. With this modern, easy-to-use volume, students of physics will have a chance to apply what they have learned in the Lectures and to enhance and reinforce the concepts taught by the inimitable Richard Feynman.

Genres: Physics, Science, Textbooks, Reference, Nonfiction

320 pages, Paperback

First published August 5, 2014

About the author

Richard Phillips Feynman was an American physicist known for the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodynamics and the physics of the superfluidity of supercooled liquid helium, as well as work in particle physics (he proposed the parton model). For his contributions to the development of quantum electrodynamics, Feynman was a joint recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965, together with Julian Schwinger and Sin-Itiro Tomonaga. Feynman developed a widely used pictorial representation scheme for the mathematical expressions governing the behavior of subatomic particles, which later became known as Feynman diagrams. During his lifetime and after his death, Feynman became one of the most publicly known scientists in the world.

He assisted in the development of the atomic bomb and was a member of the panel that investigated the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. In addition to his work in theoretical physics, Feynman has been credited with pioneering the field of quantum computing, and introducing the concept of nanotechnology (creation of devices at the molecular scale). He held the Richard Chace Tolman professorship in theoretical physics at Caltech.

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Reviews

[Nattapon Chotsisuparat · Rating 5 out of 5]

Exercises for The Feynman Lectures on Physics is a good companion to the Feynman Lectures on Physics because the original lectures lack practice problems. The problems in this book range in difficulty some are quite challenging. The units used in the exercises are sometimes outdated or non SI units, such as feet, pounds, kilogram force (kg-wt), which are rarely seen in modern physics textbooks. Only selected answers are provided at the end of the book and there are no step by step solutions (bad news). Overall, it's an okay textbook and some of the problems are genuinely interesting.

[Nrishinghananda · Rating 5 out of 5]

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