Book ID: CBB704145003

Feynman and His Physics: The Life and Science of an Extraordinary Man (2018)

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Resag, Jörg (Author)


Springer


Publication Date: 2018
Physical Details: 328
Language: English

This book takes the reader on a journey through the life of Richard Feynman and describes, in non-technical terms, his revolutionary contributions to modern physics. Feynman was an unconventional thinker who always tried to get to the bottom of things. In doing so, he developed an intuitive view that made him one of the greatest teachers of physics. The author captures this development and explains it in the context of the zeitgeist of modern physics: What revolutionary ideas did Feynman have, what contribution did he make to the development of quantum mechanics and quantum field theory, how can Feynman's methods be understood? Be enchanted by this book and understand the physics of the genius whose 100th birthday was celebrated in 2018.

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Authors & Contributors
Kaiser, David Isaac
Walter Dittrich
Blai Pié i Valls
Rodrigues Almeida, Carla
Di Mauro, Marco
Naddeo, Adele
Journals
European Physical Journal H
Physics in Perspective
Perspectives on Science
Science and Education
Journal of Dialectics of Nature
Annalen der Physik
Publishers
University of Chicago Press
Basic Books
Pavia University Press
Warner Books
Guaraldi
GNT-Verlag
Concepts
Physics
Quantum mechanics
Quantum field theory
Biographies
Theoretical physics
Electrodynamics
People
Feynman, Richard Phillips
Dirac, Paul Adrien Maurice
Bohr, Niels Henrik David
Wick, Gian Carlo
Wheeler, John Archibald
Jordan, Pascual
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, late
20th century, early
Places
Turin (Italy)
Argentina
United States
Italy
Rome (Italy)
Institutions
Case Western Reserve University
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