Six Not-So-Easy Pieces: Einstein's Relativity, Symmetry, and Space-Time
(Paperback, 4th edition)
Publishing Details
Six Not-So-Easy Pieces: Einstein's Relativity, Symmetry, and Space-Time
By (Author) Matthew Sands
By (author) Richard Feynman
By (author) Robert Leighton
Basic Books
Basic Books
22nd March 2011
22nd March 2011
4th edition
United States
Classifications
Physical Properties
Paperback
184
Width 142mm, Height 209mm, Spine 14mm
190g
Description
Six lectures, all regarding the most revolutionary discovery in twentieth-century physics: Einsteins Theory of Relativity. No onenot even Einstein himselfexplained these difficult, anti-intuitive concepts more clearly, or with more verve and gusto, than Feynman.
Reviews
"There is no better explanation for the scientifically literate layman."--Washington Post Book World
Author Bio
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.
