Feynman's Lost Lecture: Motion of Planets Around the Sun - Couverture rigide

Feynman, Richard P.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0224043943 ISBN 13 : 9780224043946

Editeur : Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1996

Synopsis

Feynman's Lost Lecture In 1964 Richard Feynman delivered a lecture to the Caltech freshman class, "The Motion of Planets Around the Sun"--why the planets move elliptically, as Isaac Newton had discovered 300 years earlier. The subject of this lecture was the watershed discovery that separated the ancient world from the modern. In this book/CD package, Feynman's lecture has been reconstructed and explained in meticulous, Full description

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

"The Goodsteins have gone a long way towards making a tough piece of geometry accessible... The result is fascinating" (John Gribbin The Times)

"Feynman was singular in being both one of the greatest theoretical physicists of the century...[and] one of the most entertaining and illuminating teachers of science... Collectors of Feynman memorabilia, historians of science and all who enjoy watching a great mind at work will be thankful that the lost lecture has been found" (Frank Close Observer)

"Feynman was a brilliant thinker and one of the finest scientists ever" (The Times)

Biographie de l'auteur :

Winner of the Nobel Prize for physics, the late Richard Feynman taught for many years at the California Institute of Technology. He is best known to a wide readership as the author of Surely You're Joking, Mr Feynman! and What Do You Care What Other People Think.

Dr. David Goodstein is Vice Provost and Professor of Physics at the California Institute of Technology. Dr. Judith Goldstein, registrar and archivist at Caltech, is author of Millikan's School: A History of the California Institute of Technology.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Jonathan Cape Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0224043943
• ISBN 13: 9780224043946
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 224