The Feynman Lectures on Physics
Feynman •
Leighton • Sands
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Caltech and The
Feynman Lectures Website are pleased to present this online edition of The
Feynman Lectures on Physics. Now, anyone with internet access and a web
browser can enjoy reading a high quality up-to-date copy of Feynman's
legendary lectures.
However, we want to be clear that this edition is only
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Richard
Feynman was obviously famous for his work as a physicist, but he's also
widely regarded as one of the most lucid and effective lecturers to
ever address an audience. So renowned, so readily accessible were his
presentations, that his introductory physics lectures (which he
delivered to undergraduates at Caltech) have since been immortalized in
the form of a three-volume set called, quite simply, The Feynman Lectures.
The set is a
phenomenal resource to anyone with even a passing interest in the
physical world and the laws that govern it — but even these lectures
cannot capture the essence of what it might have been like to attend a
presentation given by Feynman himself.
Fortunately
for all of us, in 1964, Feynman delivered a series of seven hour-long
lectures at Cornell University. Those lectures were recorded by the BBC,
and in 2009 (with a little help from Bill Gates),
they were released to the public. You'll find all seven of them
featured, but you'll also want to check out the lectures on Microsoft's Project Tuva, where they have been carefully edited to include closed captioning and annotations.
