This book reprints the six easiest chapters from Feynman's
celebrated Lectures on Physics (LJ 12/15/63), which the Nobel
Prize-winning scientist delivered from 1961 to 1963 at the
California Institute of Technology. Intended for as wide an
audience as possible, these chapters are primarily qualitative in
nature, with a minimum of formal mathematics. They discuss atoms,
basic physics, the relation of physics to other sciences, the
conservation of energy, gravitation, and quantum behavior. While
this informative work provides a relevant historical perspective on
the essentials of physics, the result is somewhat superficial.
Nonetheless, because Lectures on Physics is out of print and
because the information is still relevant, reprinting these
specific chapters was probably a realistic move. The material will
be readily understood by scholars, physics students, and informed
lay readers. Recommended for academic and public libraries. (Audio
tape and CD packages are also available.)-Donald G. Frank, Harvard
Univ. Lib., Cambridge, Mass.
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title.