The Character of Physical Law by Carl R. Feynman, Richard Phillips Feynman and Michelle C. Feynman (1967, Trade Paperback)

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In these Messenger Lectures, originally delivered at Cornell University and recorded for television by the BBC, Richard Feynman offers an overview of selected physical laws and gathers their common features into one broad principle of invariance. He maintains at the outset 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," and tends his discussions toward a final exposition of the elegance and simplicity of all scientific laws. Rather than an essay on the most significant achievements in modern science, The Character of Physical Law is a statement of what is most remarkable in nature. Feynman's enlightened approach, his wit, and his enthusiasm make this a memorable exposition of the scientist's craft. The Law of Gravitation is the author's principal example. Relating the details of its discovery and stressing its mathematical character, he uses it to demonstrate the essential interaction of mathematics and physics. He views mathematics as the key to any system of scientific laws, suggesting that if it were possible to fill out the structure of scientific theory completely, the result would be an integrated set of mathematical axioms. The principles of conservation, symmetry, and time-irreversibility are then considered in relation to developments in classical and modern physics, and in his final lecture Feynman develops his own analysis of the process and future of scientific discovery. Like any set of oral reflections, The Character of Physical Law has special value as a demonstration of the mind in action.

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Publisher
MIT Press
ISBN-10
0262560038
ISBN-13
9780262560030
eBay Product ID (ePID)
77568

Product Key Features

Author
Michelle C. Feynman, Carl R. Feynman, Richard Phillips Feynman
Publication Name
Character of Physical Law
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
1967
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
174 Pages

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8in
Item Height
0.5in
Item Width
5.4in
Item Weight
7.4 Oz

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18
Grade from
College Graduate Student
Reviews
"...Fascinating...an insight into the thought processes of a great physicist." - Times Literary Supplement, "...Fascinating...an insight into the thought processes of a great physicist." Times Literary Supplement
Copyright Date
1965
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Physics / Astrophysics, Physics / General
Lccn
67-014527
Dewey Decimal
530
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Science

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