Richard P. Feynman

Feynman opowiada między innymi o śledztwie w sprawie przyczyn słynnej katastrofy promu Challenger. Jako członek powołanej w tym celu prezydenckiej komisji niczym najlepszy detektyw tropił to, co NASA chciała ukryć, i ujawnił zaniedbania, które doprowadziły do tragedii. Przy okazji naukowiec w fascynujący sposób opowiada o tajnikach inżynierii kosmicznej i podstawowych prawach fizyki. Do wyjaśnienia dziennikarzom, co poszło nie tak podczas feralnego startu, wystarczyły mu kawałek gumy i szklanka wody z lodem. „A co ciebie obchodzi, co myślą inni?” to pytanie, którym Arlene – ukochana żona Feynmana – potrafiła go przekonać do najbardziej szalonych pomysłów. Te słowa stały się dla niego mottem na całe życie – dzięki nim czuł się swobodnie zarówno na sali wykładowej, jak i podczas przyjęcia w królewskim pałacu. A kiedy trafił do hotelu w peerelowskiej Warszawie, bez zastanowienia rzucił się do rozkręcania instalacji elektrycznej w pokoju, aby znaleźć tam ukryte podsłuchy.

Richard P. Feynman, premio Nobel per la fisica nel 1965, è stato l'esatto contrario dello scienziato accademico distaccato dal mondo. Fu invece uomo d'insaziabile curiosità e sempre disponibile a qualsiasi «deviazione» dal percorso già tracciato. A una ricchezza di vita che ha dell'incredibile si unisce anche, per nostra fortuna, una meravigliosa capacità di narrarla.Feynman morì il 15 febbraio 1988 dopo una lunga lotta contro il cancro. Nel corso del suo ultimo anno di vita preparò, insieme all'amico Ralph Leighton, il manoscritto di questo libro, che segue di tre anni «Sta scherzando, Mr. Feynman!» e che può venir considerato il suo testamento spirituale.Nella prima parte del libro l'irriverenza caratteristica della personalità di Feynman cede talvolta a una cifra narrativa più intima. Emergono così i ritratti di due figure su tutte le altre: quello della prima moglie Arlene, morta giovanissima, e quello di suo padre, la persona che, dice Feynman, gli insegnò a pensare.La seconda parte è invece dedicata alla sua ultima avventura, l'indagine scientifica seguita all'esplosione del Challenger nel gennaio del 1986, in cui persero la vita sette persone. Feynman, membro della Commissione delegata a indagare sull'incidente, svela la confusione e i fraintendimenti che portarono a uno degli episodi più tristi dell'esplorazione del cosmo; e racconta ciò che precedette, e seguì, il clamoroso colpo di scena televisivo con cui mise implicitamente sotto accusa i sistemi di controllo della NASA. La causa del disastro infatti fu rivelata al mondo intero con un semplicissimo, elegante esperimento: un pezzo di gomma tuffato in un bicchiere di acqua ghiacciata.

When, in 1984–86, Richard P. Feynman gave his famous course on computation at the California Institute of Technology, he asked Tony Hey to adapt his lecture notes into a book. Although led by Feynman, the course also featured, as occasional guest speakers, some of the most brilliant men in science at that time, including Marvin Minsky, Charles Bennett, and John Hopfield. Although the lectures are now thirteen years old, most of the material is timeless and presents a “Feynmanesque” overview of many standard and some not-so-standard topics in computer science such as reversible logic gates and quantum computers.

This new volume contains four previously unpublished lectures that Feynman gave to students preparing for exams. With characteristic flair, insight and humor, Feynman discusses topics students struggle with and offers valuable tips on solving physics problems. An illuminating memoir by Matthew Sands — who originally conceived The Feynman Lectures on Physics — gives a fascinating insight into the history of Feynman’s lecture series and the books that followed. This book is rounded off by relevant exercises and answers by R. B. Leighton and R. E. Vogt, originally developed to accompany the Lectures on Physics.

A un uditorio che si presume esilarato un Feyn­man in forma smagliante lancia le sue provocazioni intellettuali, spiegando col suo stile immediato e antiretorico in che consiste il metodo scientifi­co; mostrando, ad esempio, come sovente un'ipo­te­si da «quasi certamente» falsa possa diventare «quasi certamente» vera. O viceversa. Nel «quasi» è il succo di tutto il suo argomentare, un misto accattivante di vera-falsa ingenuità e di spietata astuzia analitica che lo porta a vagabondare al di fuori della fisica, nelle regioni di confine, dall'etica alla religione alla politica, a chiedersi il perché delle cose, della vita, di tutto, mosso da una curiosità insopprimibile, fanciullesca.

Richard P. Feynman (1918-1988), genialny naukowiec i zdobywca Nagrody Nobla w dziedzinie fizyki w brawurowy sposób opowiada o swoim niezwykłym życiu. Ta pełna anegdot i błyskotliwego humoru książka opowiada nie tylko o pracach nad budową bomby atomowej i tajemnicami materii, ale pokazuje też fizyka jako speca od otwierania zamków szyfrowych i niezłego perkusistę. Feynman opisuje spotkanie z Einsteinem, walki z rządową biurokracją, próby reformy brazylijskiej edukacji, codzienne życie w ośrodku badawczym w Los Alamos, wreszcie flirty z tancerkami w Las Vegas. Wyjaśnia jak to się stało, że nie spełnił marzenia o kochance oraz jak za jednego - z trudem zdobytego - dolara oddał amerykańskiemu rządowi pomysł na elektrownię jądrową.

"One of the towering figures of twentieth-century science, Richard Feynman possessed a curiosity that was the stuff of legend. Even before he won the Nobel Prize in 1965, his unorthodox and spellbinding lectures on physics secured his reputation amongst students and seekers around the world. It was his outsized love for life, however, that earned him the status of an American cultural icon - here was an extraordinary intellect devoted to the proposition that the thrill of discovery was matched only by the joy of communicating it to others." In this career-spanning collection of letters, many published here for the first time, we are able to see this side of Feynman like never before. Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track covers a dazzling array of topics and themes, scientific developments and personal histories. With missives to and from scientific luminaries, as well as letters to and from fans, family, students, crackpots, as well as everyday people eager for Feynman's wisdom and counsel, the result is a de facto guide to life, and eloquent testimony to the human quest for knowledge at all levels. Published in the UK as Don't You Have Time to Think?

In QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter Richard P. Feynman explains, in his lucid and witty style, the revolutionary scientific theory that won him the Nobel Prize. Quantum electrodynamics - or QED for short - is the theory that explains how light and electrons interact, and in doing so illuminates the deepest and most complex mysteries of the world around us. Thanks to Richard Feynman and his colleagues, who won the Nobel Prize for their groundbreaking work in this area, it is also one of the rare parts of physics that is known for sure - a theory that has stood the test of time. In these entertaining lectures Feynman uses clear everyday examples to provide the definitive introduction to QED. 'The perfect example of scientific genius'  Independent 'If you don't believe Nature is absurd, let chatty Professor Feynman convince you in his series of exceedingly reader-friendly lectures ... Full of witty one-liners, with its learning lightly worn, it's a book to enlighten'  Mail on Sunday 'Does a marvelous job of explaining one of twentieth-century physics' few unqualified triumphs'  The New York Times Richard P. Feynman (1918-1988) was one of this century's most brilliant theoretical physicists and original thinkers. Feynman's other books, also available in Penguin, include QED, Six Easy Pieces, Six Not-so-Easy Pieces, Don't You Have Time to Think, The Pleasure of Finding Things Out, What Do You Care What Other People Think? and The Meaning of it All.

Six Easy Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher is a publishing first. This set couples a book containing the six easiest chapters from Richard P. Feynman's landmark work, Lectures on Physics —specifically designed for the general, non-scientist reader—with the actual recordings of the late, great physicist delivering the lectures on which the chapters are based. Nobel Laureate Feynman gave these lectures just once, to a group of Caltech undergraduates in 1961 and 1962, and these newly released recordings allow you to experience one of the Twentieth Century's greatest minds—as if you were right there in the classroom.

No twentieth-century American scientist is better known to a wider spectrum of people than Richard P. Feynman (1918–1988)—physicist, teacher, author, and cultural icon. His autobiographies and biographies have been read and enjoyed by millions of readers around the world, while his wit and eccentricities have made him the subject of TV specials and even a theatrical film. The spectacular reception of the book and audio versions of Feynman’s Six Easy Pieces (published in 1995) resulted in a worldwide clamor for “More Feynman! More Feynman!” The outcome is these six additional lectures, drawn from the celebrated three-volume Lectures on Physics. Though slightly more challenging than the first six, these lectures are more focused, delving into the most revolutionary discovery in twentieth-century physics: Einstein’s Theory of Relativity. No single breakthrough in twentieth-century physics (with the possible exception of quantum mechanics) changed our view of the world more than that of Einstein’s discovery of relativity. The notions that the flow of time is not a constant, that the mass of an object depends on its velocity, and that the speed of light is a constant no matter what the motion of the observer, at first seemed shocking to scientists and laymen alike. But, as Feynman shows so clearly and so entertainingly in the lectures chosen for this volume, these crazy notions are no mere dry principles of physics, but are things of beauty and elegance. No one—not even Einstein himself—explained these difficult, anti-intuitive concepts more clearly, or with more verve and gusto, than Richard Feynman.

No twentieth-century American scientist is better known to a wider spectrum of people than Richard P. Feynman (1918–1988)—physicist, teacher, author, and cultural icon. His autobiographies and biographies have been read and enjoyed by millions of readers around the world, while his wit and eccentricities have made him the subject of TV specials and even a theatrical film.The spectacular reception of the book and audio versions of Feynman’s Six Easy Pieces (published in 1995) resulted in a worldwide clamor for “More Feynman! More Feynman!” The outcome is these six additional lectures, drawn from the celebrated three-volume Lectures on Physics. Though slightly more challenging than the first six, these lectures are more focused, delving into the most revolutionary discovery in twentieth-century physics: Einstein’s Theory of Relativity.No single breakthrough in twentieth-century physics (with the possible exception of quantum mechanics) changed our view of the world more than that of Einstein’s discovery of relativity. The notions that the flow of time is not a constant, that the mass of an object depends on its velocity, and that the speed of light is a constant no matter what the motion of the observer, at first seemed shocking to scientists and laymen alike. But, as Feynman shows so clearly and so entertainingly in the lectures chosen for this volume, these crazy notions are no mere dry principles of physics, but are things of beauty and elegance. No one—not even Einstein himself—explained these difficult, anti-intuitive concepts more clearly, or with more verve and gusto, than Richard Feynman.

Geschichten eines Nobelpreisträgers: Richard P. Feynman erzählt aus seinem Leben Er hat die Quantenphysik revolutioniert und war einer der ersten Popstars der Physik. Seine Autobiografie zeigt Richard P. Feynman als talentierten Geschichtenerzähler mit Sinn für Witz und Tiefgang. Theoretische Physik ist staubig? Ein Professor denkt nur an den Nobelpreis und seine Forschung? Nicht so Richard P. Feynman! In zahlreichen Schriften und Büchern hat der Magier der Quantenelektrodynamik schon Mitte des vergangenen Jahrhunderts bewiesen, dass Wissenschaft spannend, lustig und auch ein Abenteuer für Laien ist. »Sie belieben wohl zu scherzen, Mr. Feynman!« versammelt autobiografische Anekdoten aus dem Leben des Vordenkers zu einem witzigen Einblick in den Aufstieg und die Karriere des nonchalanten Wissenschaftlers. Feynman-Fans und -Einsteiger lernen einen Menschen kennen, der von Anfang an der Überzeugung gewesen ist, dass Wissenschaft nicht zum Selbstzweck existiert und es keinen Grund gibt, nicht über sich selbst zu lachen. »Ich würde nicht zwei Mal sterben wollen. Es ist so langweilig.« – Richard P. Feynman Einen Nobelpreisträger für Physik erlebt man selten als derart mitreißenden Geschichtenerzähler. »Sie belieben wohl zu scherzen, Mr. Feynman!« begeistert Leser authentischer Biografien genauso wie Neugierige und aufstrebende Wissenschaftler.

A New York Times bestseller—the outrageous exploits of one of this century's greatest scientific minds and a legendary American original.Richard Feynman, winner of the Nobel Prize in physics, thrived on outrageous adventures. Here he recounts in his inimitable voice his experience trading ideas on atomic physics with Einstein and Bohr and ideas on gambling with Nick the Greek; cracking the uncrackable safes guarding the most deeply held nuclear secrets; accompanying a ballet on his bongo drums; painting a naked female toreador. In short, here is Feynman's life in all its eccentric—a combustible mixture of high intelligence, unlimited curiosity, and raging chutzpah.

Richard Feynman (1918-1988), winner of the Nobel Prize in physics, thrived on outrageous adventures. Here he recounts in his inimitable voice his experience trading ideas on atomic physics with Einstein and Bohr and ideas on gambling with Nick the Greek; cracking the uncrackable safes guarding the most deeply held nuclear secrets; painting a naked female toreador—and much else of an eyebrow-raising nature. In short, here is Feynman's life in all its eccentric glory—a combustible mixture of high intelligence, unlimited curiosity, and raging chutzpah.

In the Messenger Lectures, originally delivered at Cornell University & recorded for TV by the BBC, Feynman offers an overview of selected physical laws & gathers their common features into one broad principle of invariance. He maintains at the outset that the importance of a physical law isn't "how clever we are to have found it out, but...how clever nature is to pay attention to it" & tends his discussions toward a final exposition of the elegance & simplicity of all scientific laws. Rather than an essay on the most significant achievements in modern science, The Character of Physical Law is a statement of what is most remarkable in nature. His enlightened approach, wit & enthusiasm make this a memorable exposition of the scientist's craft. The Law of Gravitation is the principal example. Relating the details of its discovery & stressing its mathematical character, he uses it to demonstrate the essential interaction of mathematics & physics. He views mathematics as the key to any system of scientific laws, suggesting that if it were possible to fill out the structure of scientific theory completely, the result would be an integrated set of axioms. The principles of conservation, symmetry & time-irreversibility are then considered in relation to developments in classical & modern physics. In his final lecture he develops his own analysis of the process & future of scientific discovery. Like any set of oral reflections, The Character of Physical Law has value as a demonstration of a mind in action. The reader is particularly lucky in Feynman. One of the most eminent & imaginative modern physicists, he was Professor of Theoretical Physics at the California Institute of Technology until his death in 1988. He's best known for work on the quantum theory of the electromagnetic field, as well as for later research in the field of low-temperature physics. In 1954 he received the Albert Einstein Award for an "outstanding contribution to knowledge in mathematical & physical sciences"; in 1965 he was appointed to Foreign Membership in the Royal Society & was awarded the Nobel Prize.

The revised edition of Feynman's legendary lectures includes extensive corrections and updates collated by Feynman and his colleagues. A new foreword by Kip Thorne, the current Richard Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech, discusses the relevance of the new edition to today's readers. This boxed set also includes Feynman's new Tips on Physics—the four previously unpublished lectures that Feynman gave to students preparing for exams at the end of his course. Thus, this 4-volume set is the complete and definitive edition of The Feynman Lectures on Physics. Packaged in a specially designed slipcase, this 4-volume set provides the ultimate legacy of Feynman's extraordinary contribution to students, teachers, researches, and lay readers around the world.

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Many appreciate Richard P. Feynman's contributions to twentieth-century physics, but few realize how engaged he was with the world around him -- how deeply and thoughtfully he considered the religious, political, and social issues of his day. Now, a wonderful book -- based on a previously unpublished, three-part public lecture he gave at the University of Washington in 1963 -- shows us this other side of Feynman, as he expounds on the inherent conflict between science and religion, people's distrust of politicians, and our universal fascination with flying saucers, faith healing, and mental telepathy. Here we see Feynman in top form: nearly bursting into a Navajo war chant, then pressing for an overhaul of the English language (if you want to know why Johnny can't read, just look at the spelling of "friend"); and, finally, ruminating on the death of his first wife from tuberculosis. This is quintessential Feynman -- reflective, amusing, and ever enlightening.

The Pleasure of Finding Things Out is a magnificent treasury of the best short works of Richard P. Feynman,from interviews and speeches to lectures and printed articles. A sweeping, wide-ranging collection, it presents an intimate and fascinating view of a life in science-a life like no other. From his ruminations on science in our culture to his Nobel Prize acceptance speech, this book will fascinate anyone interested in the world of ideas. El placer de descubrir permite acceder al mundo personal, social y cientíco de Richard Feynman, por ejemplo, a sus aventuras mientras participó en el Proyecto Manhattan, cuando se divertía —y escandalizaba— descifrando las claves de cajas fuertes, o a cómo se inició, siendo un niño, en el estudio de la naturaleza (en el «placer de descubrir»), que terminaría ocupando toda su vida. Podemos, asimismo, conocer sus pioneras ideas sobre las computadoras del futuro, su opinión acerca del valor de la ciencia o la explicación, tan sencilla como profunda, que dio al desastre de la lanzadera espacial Challenger. Es este, sin duda, un libro tan fascinante como su autor.

The New York Times  best-selling sequel to  "Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!" One of the greatest physicists of the twentieth century, Richard Feynman possessed an unquenchable thirst for adventure and an unparalleled ability to tell the stories of his life. "What Do You Care What Other People Think?"  is Feynman’s last literary legacy, prepared with his friend and fellow drummer, Ralph Leighton. Among its many tales―some funny, others intensely moving―we meet Feynman’s first wife, Arlene, who taught him of love’s irreducible mystery as she lay dying in a hospital bed while he worked nearby on the atomic bomb at Los Alamos. We are also given a fascinating narrative of the investigation of the space shuttle  Challenger ’s explosion in 1986, and we relive the moment when Feynman revealed the disaster’s cause by an elegant dropping a ring of rubber into a glass of cold water and pulling it out, misshapen.

One of the greatest physicists of the twentieth century, Richard Feynman possessed an unquenchable thirst for adventure and an unparalleled ability to tell the stories of his life. "What Do You Care What Other People Think?" is Feynman's last literary legacy, prepared with his friend and fellow drummer, Ralph Leighton. Among the book's many tales we meet Feynman's first wife, Arlene, who taught him of love's irreducible mystery as she lay dying in a hospital bed while he worked nearby on the atomic bomb at Los Alamos. We are also given a fascinating narrative of the investigation of the space shuttle Challenger's explosion in 1986, and we relive the moment when Feynman revealed the disaster's cause by an elegant experiment: dropping a ring of rubber into a glass of cold water and pulling it out, misshapen.

Американский физик Ричард Фейнман – один из создателей квантовой электродинамики, Нобелевский лауреат, но прежде всего – незаурядная многогранная личность, не вписывающаяся в привычные рамки образа «человека науки». Он был известен своим пристрастием к шуткам и розыгрышам, писал изумительные портреты, играл на экзотических музыкальных инструментах. Великолепный оратор, он превращал каждую свою лекцию в захватывающую интеллектуальную игру. На его выступления рвались не только студенты и коллеги, но и люди, просто увлеченные физикой. Свое кредо как популяризатора науки он описал одной блестящей фразой: «Если вы ученый, квантовый физик, и не можете в двух словах объяснить пятилетнему ребенку, чем занимаетесь, – вы шарлатан».