The Feynman Lectures on Physics

The Feynman Lectures on Physics
The Feynman Lectures on Physics including Feynman's Tips on Physics: The Definitive and Extended Edition (2nd edition, 2005)
AuthorRichard Feynman, Robert B. Leighton, Matthew Sands
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SubjectPhysics
PublisherAddison–Wesley
Publication date
1964. revised and extended edition in 2005
OCLC19455482
Websitefeynmanlectures.caltech.edu

The Feynman Lectures on Physics is a physics textbook based on a great number of lectures by Richard Feynman, a Nobel laureate who has sometimes been called "The Great Explainer".[1] The lectures were presented before undergraduate students at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), during 1961–1963. The book's co-authors are Feynman, Robert B. Leighton, and Matthew Sands.

A 2013 review in Nature described the book as having "simplicity, beauty, unity ... presented with enthusiasm and insight".[2]

  1. ^ LeVine, Harry (2009). The Great Explainer: The Story of Richard Feynman. Greensboro, North Carolina: Morgan Reynolds. ISBN 978-1-59935-113-1.
  2. ^ Phillips, Rob (2013-12-05). "In retrospect: The Feynman Lectures on Physics". Nature. 504 (7478): 30–31. Bibcode:2013Natur.504...30P. doi:10.1038/504030a. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 24305137.