Character of Physical Law (Modern Library) - Hardcover

Feynman, Richard P.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0679601279 ISBN 13: 9780679601272

Publisher: Random House Inc, 1997

Synopsis

Character of Physical Law ." . . Fascinating . . . an insight into the thought processes of a great physicist." -- "Times Literary Supplement" In these "Messenger Lectures," originally delivered at Cornell University and recorded for television by the BBC, Richard Feynman offers an overview of selected physical laws and gathers their common features into one broad principle of invariance. He maintains at the outset that th... Full description

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..."Fascinating...an insight into the thought processes of a great physicist."-- Times Literary Supplement

" ...Fascinating...an insight into the thought processes of a great physicist." -- Times Literary Supplement

& quot; ...Fascinating...an insight into the thought processes of a great physicist.& quot; -- Times Literary Supplement

.,."Fascinating...an insight into the thought processes of a great physicist." -- "Times Literary Supplement"

."..Fascinating...an insight into the thought processes of a great physicist."-- "Times Literary Supplement"

."..Fascinating...an insight into the thought processes of a great physicist." Times Literary Supplement

..".Fascinating...an insight into the thought processes of a great physicist." Times Literary Supplement

...Fascinating...an insight into the thought processes of a great physicist.

...Fascinating...an insight into the thought processes of a great physicist.

About the Author:

Richard P. Feynman was born in 1918 in Far Rockaway, New York, and attended MIT at the age of 17. In 1939 he was one of the scientists who built the atomic bomb that would end World War II. He received the Nobel Prize for physics in 1965 and was a member of the Shuttle Commission in 1986. He died in 1988. The US Postal Service issued a commemorative stamp in Dr. Feynman's name in 2005.

James Gleick is our leading chronicler of science and technology, the bestselling author of Chaos: Making a New Science, Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman, and The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood. His books have been translated into 30 languages.

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Inc
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0679601279
• ISBN 13: 9780679601272
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192