The Feynman Lectures on Physics. Volumes 11/12, Feynman on Science and Vision/Feynman on Sound
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Compact discs.
Volume 11. Feynman on science and vision: Atoms in motion -- Basic physics -- The relation of physics to other sciences -- Probability -- Color vision -- Mechanisms of seeing.
Volume 12. Feynman on sound: Ratchet and pawl -- Sound, the wave equation -- Beats -- Modes -- Harmonics -- Waves.
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
Basic Books 2007.
Year Published: 2007
Description: 12 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: Book on CD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780738209296
0738209295
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
California Institute of Technology.
SUBJECTS
Quantum theory.
Physics.