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The Feynman lectures on physics. v.17, Feynman on electrodynamics. v.18, Feynman on flow.
LIBRA QC23 .F473 2008 v.17-18 disc 1-12
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- Format:
- Sound recording
- Author/Creator:
- Feynman, Richard P. (Richard Phillips), 1918-1988.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Quantum theory.
- Physics.
- Electrodynamics.
- Genre:
- Audiobooks.
- Sound recordings.
- Lectures.
- Speeches.
- Physical Description:
- 12 audio discs (approximately 12 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in.
- Other Title:
- Feynman on electrodynamics
- Feynman on flow
- Place of Publication:
- [New York] : Basic Books ; [Pasadena] : California Institue of Technology, [2008]
- System Details:
- digital
- optical
- 1.4 m/s
- stereo
- digital recording
- Summary:
- Today the Feynman Lectures are considered by many to be the best introductory set of lectures on Physics ever written. Feynman himself however stated in his original preface that he was "pessimistic" with regard to the success with which he reached all of his students. The Feynman lectures were written "to maintain the interest of very enthusiastic and rather smart students coming out of high schools and into Caltech." Feynman was targeting the lectures to students who, "at the end of two years of our previous course, [were] very discouraged because there were really very few grand, new, modern ideas presented to them." As a result, some physics students find the lectures more valuable after they obtain a good grasp of physics by studying more traditional texts. Many professional physicists refer to the lectures at various points in their careers to refresh their minds with regard to basic principles.
- Contents:
- Vol. 17. Feynman on electrodynamics. disc 1: v. 2, ch. 22, AC circuits
- disc 2: v. 2, ch. 23, Cavity resonators
- disc 3: v. 2, ch. 24, Waveguides
- disc 4: v. 2, ch. 25, Electrodynamics in relativistic notation
- disc 5: v. 2, ch. 26, Lorentz transformations of the fields
- disc 6: v. 2, ch. 27, Field energy and field momentum
- Vol. 18. Feynman on flow. disc 1: v. 2, ch. 31, Tensors
- disc 2: v.2, ch. 33, Reflection from surfaces
- disc 3: v. 2, ch. 37, Magnetic materials
- disc 4: v. 2, ch. 38, Elasticity
- disc 5: v. 2, ch. 40, The flow of dry water
- disc 6: v. 2, ch. 41, The flow of wet water.
- Participant:
- Presented by Richard P. Feynman.
- Notes:
- Compact disc.
- Recorded at Caltech, Jan. 10, 1963-April 8, 1963.
- Unabridged.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Jessie A. Rodman Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780738209326
- 0738209325
- OCLC:
- 606914718
- Publisher Number:
- 9780738209326
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