Six Not-So-Easy Pieces - Einstein's Relativity, Symmetry, and Space-time

Informationen zum Autor Richard P. Feynman (1918-1988) was the Richard Chace Tolman Professor of Theoretical Physics at the California Institute of Technology. He was awarded the 1965 Nobel Prize for his work on the development of quantum field theory. He was also one of the most famous and beloved figures of the twentieth century, both in physics and in the public arena. Klappentext Six lectures, all regarding the most revolutionary discovery in twentieth-century physics: Einstein's Theory of Relativity. No one--not even Einstein himself--explained these difficult, anti-intuitive concepts more clearly, or with more verve and gusto, than Feynman. Vorwort Learn about Einstein's theory of relativity from a physics Nobel laureate and "one of the greatest minds of the twentieth century" ( New York Review of Books ) in six memorable lessons Zusammenfassung Learn about Einstein's theory of relativity from a physics Nobel laureate and "one of the greatest minds of the twentieth century" (New York Review of Books) in six memorable lessons

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• Authors: Richard Feynman, Richard P. Feynman, Richard Phillips/ Leighton Feynman, Robert Leighton, Robert B. Leighton, Matthew Sands
• Publisher: Basic Books Inc.
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 13 to 99
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.04.2011
• EAN: 9780465025268
• ISBN: 978-0-465-02526-8
• No. of pages: 184
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 14 mm
• Series: Basic Books
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > General, dictionaries