These 4 lectures given by world renowned physicist richard feynman were adapted into a book called qed. Here feynman provides a classic and definitive introduction to qed namely, quantum electrodynamics, that part of quantum field theory describing the interactions of light with charged particles. Always update books hourly, if not looking, search in the book search column. The strange theory of light and matter written by richard p. The strange theory of light and matter is an adaptation for the general reader of four lectures on quantum electrodynamics qed published in 1985 by american physicist and nobel laureate richard feynman. Feynman s tips on physics download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Original title isbn 9781785783722 published on 199711. In particle physics, quantum electrodynamics qed is the relativistic quantum field theory of richard feynman called it the jewel of physics for its extremely accurate predictions of quantities like the anomalous magnetic moment of the. Theres plenty of room at the bottom an invitation to enter a new field of physics by richard p. Feynman had some interesting relationships with women, and the book is quite candid in these. Get ebooks richard feynman on pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi and audiobook for free. The strange theory of light and matter is an outstanding book on a subject that is often overlooked or glossedover in many popular physics books.
Qed was designed to be a popular science book, written in a witty style, and containing just enough quantummechanical mathematics to allow the solving of very basic problems in quantum. Mainly mechanics, radiation, and heat the new millennium edition desktop edition. The pleasure of finding things out matical methods to extract numbers from the physics. These lectures were transcribed and published as feynman 1985, qed. This file is also available in adobe acrobat pdf format.
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