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The Feynman Lectures on Physics, boxed set: The New Millennium Edition

Richard P. Feynman, Robert B. Leighton, Matthew Sands · 5 HN comments
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The legendary introduction to physics from the subject's greatest teacher "The whole thing was basically an experiment," Richard Feynman said late in his career, looking back on the origins of his lectures. The experiment turned out to be hugely successful, spawning a book that has remained a definitive introduction to physics for decades. Ranging from the most basic principles of Newtonian physics through such formidable theories as general relativity and quantum mechanics, Feynman's lectures stand as a monument of clear exposition and deep insight. Now, we are reintroducing the printed books to the trade, fully corrected, for the first time ever, and in collaboration with Caltech. Timeless and collectible, the lectures are essential reading, not just for students of physics but for anyone seeking an introduction to the field from the inimitable Feynman.
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For the last few years I've had the Feynman Lectures [1,2] sitting in my queue, and I've finally gotten around to starting them in the last week. It's been a fun ride so far, and it's been nice to have the time to digest the lessons without having to run off somewhere. It's also helped to have the MIT OCW lectures as a reference [3], in which I found a book title "Quantum Mechanics and Experience" [4] that I started reading as well and so far has been the most down-to-earth introduction to Quantum Mechanics that I've found. I highly recommend it.

[1] https://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/

[2] https://www.amazon.com/Feynman-Lectures-Physics-boxed-set/dp...

[3] https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/physics/8-04-quantum-physics-i-s...

[4] https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0674741137/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b...

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I always thought Feynman's treatment of electrodynamics wasn't very original, that it was just the standard approach you could find in other textbooks. It turns out, Feynman thought so to, but later came up with a much better way of teaching electrodynamics: https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/100951/what-was-...
For writing fiction and simply how to use words effectively: The way to write by Joan Moat http://www.amazon.co.uk/Way-Write-Ted-Hughes/dp/0140272704/

For understanding computer networking, Computer networks by Andrew Tanenbaum: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Computer-Networks-Andrew-S-Tanenbaum...

For physics (though old now), Feynman's lectures: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Feynman-Lectures-Physics-boxed-set/d...

sanderjd
"The Way To Write" is actually John Moat. I tried to look Joan Moat up on Goodreads, and couldn't find it.
summerdown2
oops, sorry. For some reason it isn't giving me an edit option, so thanks for your correction.
My mental muscle for math has definitely atrophied since graduating with an engineering degree. I’ve been looking for a nice way to exercise it, and this looks like something that can get me there.

For a more in-depth discussion of physics, I’ve found the Feynman Lectures [1,2] to be quite enjoyable. It’s a long read (I’ve only finished the first book) but it is very thorough.

[1] http://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/ [2] http://www.amazon.com/Feynman-Lectures-Physics-boxed-set/dp/...

Fenume
This [0] book is to mathematics what Feynman Lectures are to physics (debatable, but I think it's worth the read).

[0] http://www.amazon.com/dp/0486409163/ (Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning)

One of the best presents I ever got was the Feynman Lectures on Physics.

To this day I still pull them off the shelf and look up things to refresh myself, or read through whole chapters again.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/0465023827/

Nothing that you would consider usable information, referred to as 'classical information', can be transmitted via quantum entanglement. There is 'quantum information' in the state of the entangled particles that can be transferred instantaneously over infinite distance, however attempting the observe this information by any means will destroy it (ie cause the wave function to collapse).

If it was possible to transmit classical information faster than light, this would violate causality as we understand it (you could receive a message that you had been shot before you actually experienced being shot, thus allowing you to prevent yourself from being shot). It's a bit difficult to understand why this is true without a solid understanding of relativity, but you can read up on it a bit here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_relativity#Causality_an....

This is all heavy stuff and very non-intuitive, but if you're curious about it and eager to learn I'd highly recommend this tome: http://www.amazon.com/The-Feynman-Lectures-Physics-boxed/dp/...

aik
Great, thanks for this and thanks for the resources. Do you by any chance know of a cheaper method of learning from the Feynman lectures?
redwood
Ditto the Feynman lectures recommendation. Those were incredible icing on the cake of my undergraduate physics course-load, adding significant intuitive meaning and understanding to a subject with much potential but that's taught in a very try manner most of the time.
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