The Feynman Lectures on Physics. Volumes 03/04, From Crystal Structure to Magnetism/Electrical and Magnetic Behavior
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Volume 3. From crystal structure to magnetism: The internal geometry of crystals -- Refractive index of dense materials -- Elastic materials -- Dielectrics --Inside dielectrics -- The magnetism of matter.
Volume 4. Electrical and magnetic behavior: Propagation in a crystal lattice -- Semiconductors -- The independent particle approximation -- The Schrį»dinger equation in a classical context, a seminar on superconductivity -- Paramagnetism and magnetic resonance -- Ferromagnetism.
Presented by Richard P. Feynman.
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.
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PUBLISHED
[New York?] : Basic Books, c2004.
Year Published: 2004
Description: 12 sound discs (ca. 12 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: Book on CD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0738209252 :
9780738209258
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
California Institute of Technology.
SUBJECTS
Physics.
Crystallography.
Magnetism.
Ferromagnetism.
Superconductivity.
Electricity.