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The Character of Physical Law, with new foreword (Paperback, With New Foreword Ed.)
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The Character of Physical Law, with new foreword (Paperback, With New Foreword Ed.)
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An introduction to modern physics and to Richard Feynman at his
witty and enthusiastic best, discussing gravitation,
irreversibility, symmetry, and the nature of scientific
discovery.Richard Feynman was one of the most famous and important
physicists of the second half of the twentieth century. Awarded the
Nobel Prize for Physics in 1965, celebrated for his spirited and
engaging lectures, and briefly a star on the evening news for his
presence on the commission investigating the explosion of the space
shuttle Challenger, Feynman is best known for his contributions to
the field of quantum electrodynamics. The Character of Physical
Law, drawn from Feynman's famous 1964 series of Messenger Lectures
at Cornell, offers an introduction to modern physics--and to
Feynman at his witty and enthusiastic best. In this classic book
(originally published in 1967), Feynman offers an overview of
selected physical laws and gathers their common features, arguing
that the importance of a physical law is not "how clever we are to
have found it out" but "how clever nature is to pay attention to
it." He discusses such topics as the interaction of mathematics and
physics, the principle of conservation, the puzzle of symmetry, and
the process of scientific discovery. A foreword by 2004 Physics
Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek updates some of Feynman's
observations--noting, however, "the need for these particular
updates enhances rather than detracts from the book." In The
Character of Physical Law, Feynman chose to grapple with issues at
the forefront of physics that seemed unresolved, important, and
approachable.
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