The Feynman Lectures on Physics (1961-1964)
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The Feynman Lectures on Physics (1961-1964)
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Re: The Feynman Lectures on Physics (1961-1964)
#2I heard that Feynman's lectures weren't written entirely by Feynman, but were actually a collaboration between a bunch of physicists. Is that true? Where can I read about the history of this aspect?
(It appears in the footnotes Feynman's Lectures on Computation, toward the end of the book. https://theswissbay.ch/pdf/Gentoomen%20Library/Extra/Richard...)
Reading through the lectures, you get the sense that it's superhuman to be able to write all of them. Once someone mentioned that it wasn't only Feynman doing the writing, it made a bit more sense.
Re: The Feynman Lectures on Physics (1961-1964)
#3I heard that Feynman's lectures weren't written entirely by Feynman, but were actually a collaboration between a bunch of physicists. Is that true? Where can I read about the history of this aspect? (It appears in the footnotes Feynman's Lectures on Computation, toward the end of the book. https://theswissbay.ch/pdf/Gentoomen%20Library/Extra/Richard... ) Reading through the lectures, you get the sense that it's super…
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Re: The Feynman Lectures on Physics (1961-1964)
#4I heard that Feynman's lectures weren't written entirely by Feynman, but were actually a collaboration between a bunch of physicists. Is that true? Where can I read about the history of this aspect? (It appears in the footnotes Feynman's Lectures on Computation, toward the end of the book. https://theswissbay.ch/pdf/Gentoomen%20Library/Extra/Richard... ) Reading through the lectures, you get the sense that it's super…
Standing on the shoulders of giants
Re: The Feynman Lectures on Physics (1961-1964)
#5Wow. This is a beautifully lightweight browser textbook. It has essentially everything I'd expect. Good math typesetting, customizable margin and font with simple javascript (I'm guessing I didn't check).
Envisioning a responsive open source browser textbook is pretty easy, I'm glad someone with cachet like Caltech is providing a role model. Hopefully every important textbook will eventually be as accessible as this one is.
Re: The Feynman Lectures on Physics (1961-1964)
#6I heard that Feynman's lectures weren't written entirely by Feynman, but were actually a collaboration between a bunch of physicists. Is that true? Where can I read about the history of this aspect? (It appears in the footnotes Feynman's Lectures on Computation, toward the end of the book. https://theswissbay.ch/pdf/Gentoomen%20Library/Extra/Richard... ) Reading through the lectures, you get the sense that it's super…
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Re: The Feynman Lectures on Physics (1961-1964)
#7It's great to see this all in one place. The text follows the audio reasonably well, and the UX is spartan and functional. Is there a version that includes videos of the lectures as well?
Re: The Feynman Lectures on Physics (1961-1964)
#8I heard that Feynman's lectures weren't written entirely by Feynman, but were actually a collaboration between a bunch of physicists. Is that true? Where can I read about the history of this aspect? (It appears in the footnotes Feynman's Lectures on Computation, toward the end of the book. https://theswissbay.ch/pdf/Gentoomen%20Library/Extra/Richard... ) Reading through the lectures, you get the sense that it's super…
Standing on the shoulders of giants
I've always liked "if I haven't seen as far as some of my peers, it's because I stand in the footprints of giants"
Re: The Feynman Lectures on Physics (1961-1964)
#9What is the best way to make an offline copy?
Re: The Feynman Lectures on Physics (1961-1964)
#10Audio Version:
- MP4/Vorbis/MP3 downloads. https://archive.org/details/feynman-lectures-on-physics-audi...
- Web Player and Original Source. https://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/flptapes.html
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