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This document is a revised version of feynmans nobel lecture, with amendments. See the excellent book by judith and david goodstein, feynmans lost lecture, for the full story behind this lecture, and a deeper dive into its content. The whole thing was basically an experiment, richard feynman said late in his career, looking back on the origins of his lectures. Now, anyone with internet access and a web browser can enjoy reading a high quality uptodate copy of feynmans legendary lectures.
Feynman s quirky, yet detailed way of explaining physics. However, we want to be clear that this edition is only free to read online, and this posting does not transfer any right to download all or any portion of the feynman lectures on physics for any purpose. Before going there he took a half year off to relax in rio in brazil, where he taught physics and learned to play the bongo drums. Distilled from the physics 1 and 2 course sequence he had taught to 180 caltech freshmen in 196162 and to the same group as sophomores the following year, the works three volumes appeared in. I study physics at university, and ive given this book a try. The lectures were presented before undergraduate students at the california institute of technology caltech, during 19611963.
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