Feynman's Tips on Physics: A Problem-Solving Supplement to the Feynman Lectures on Physics

Michael A. Gottlieb; Ralph Leighton; Richard Feynman

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805390634 ISBN 13: 9780805390636

Publisher: Pearson, 2005

This new volume contains four previously unpublished lectures that Feynman gave to students preparing for exams. With characteristic flair, insight and humor, Feynman discusses topics students struggle with and offers valuable tips on solving physics problems. An illuminating memoir by Matthew Sands ― who originally conceived The Feynman Lectures on Physics ― gives a fascinating insight into the history of Feynman’s lecture series and the books that followed. This book is rounded off by relevant exercises and answers by R. B. Leighton and R. E. Vogt, originally developed to accompany the Lectures on Physics.

Review:

"Always worthwhile to return to the feet of the master." --Bill Gates, Wired

About the Author:

Richard P. Feynman was a Professor of Physics at the California Institute of Technology from 1951 to 1988. He shared the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on quantum electrodynamics. Michael A. Gottlieb is a Visitor in Physics at the California Institute of Technology who, with Rudolf Pfeiffer, created and maintains the LaTeX manuscript used to produce the present and future editions of The Feynman Lectures on Physics and the forthcoming Exercises for the Feynman Lectures on Physics. Ralph Leighton is an author, lateral thinker, and long-time friend of the late Richard Feynman.