Don't forget the audio is out there too!
Is it actually possible to learn this through audio? With equations and so forth I would imagine it being rather hard. Do you have any experience with it?
Feynman Lectures on Physics now free online
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#62Earlier quoted context omitted.
pdf. Not sure how kosher the copyright is All 3 volumes: http://selfdefinition.org/science/25-greatest-science-books-...
That's a terrible quality pdf. For $14.99 you can purchase the enhanced version here: http://www.basicfeynman.com/enhanced.html It was very cool of the publishers to allow this, and they deserve our support. Otherwise, if you must download the basic version, go to the piratebay and search for "Feynman Lectures on Physics (epub,mobi,html) - FIXED"
The pdf is a fairly accurate copy of the print books which I own but which are heavy things to lug about.
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#63These books show more than anything else why Feynman is so revered among physicists as a teacher. An introductory course in physics, simple yet demanding, and shot through with Feynman's unique approach and personality.
Feynman actually found that the lectures kind of flopped as a semesters courses. It was too intense, IIRC.
That's correct. Having said that, they're a fantastic refresher for someone who has studied all of this at the high school / university level and wants to get a crash course. Feynmann loved his technical crash courses and these lectures show that he has a mastery of distilling out all of the details and leaving none of the chaff.
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#64Wonderful news but particularly sickening for me as I fished out £130 for the hardback volumes last year! Absolutely great books however! I've learned a lot already from those books. Also, the "For the Practical Man" (algebra, geometry, trig, arithemtic) series of books on mathematics that Feynman started his career with. They are hard to get hold of and expensive but the calculus book is wonderful if incredibly dens…
I do not regret buying the hardcover copies for one second. I prefer reading stuff ilke this on paper - digital makes a good reference for quick checking of facts but I get a better, deeper understanding of it when I sit down and read it on paper at a desk.
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#65Great! This part kind of surprises me though:
> However, we want to be clear that this edition is only free to read online, and this posting does not transfer any right to download all or any portion of The Feynman Lectures on Physics for any purpose.
I know it doesn't actually mean anything in practice, but still, I'm shaking my head in disbelief that there's still people out there clinging to this mentality. Aside from the fact that it's fundamentally technically impossible to read something online without downloading it first.
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#66Great! This part kind of surprises me though: > However, we want to be clear that this edition is only free to read online, and this posting does not transfer any right to download all or any portion of The Feynman Lectures on Physics for any purpose. I know it doesn't actually mean anything in practice, but still, I'm shaking my head in disbelief that there's still people out there clinging to this mentality. Aside…
Yes, but isn't that basically the same thing as most streaming services? Netflix? To me, 'clinging' makes it sound like the idea has gone away.
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#67I'd love to buy the PDFs, but they're DRMed and I refuse to rent ebooks.
I guess I could buy them and then download the "pirate" versions from somewhere.
Instead, I'll stick with my hardcopy edition.
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#68Just chapter 1 contains answers to many questions that I've had on the back of my mind.. Why does water ice expand when it melts? If water ice is a crystalline structure, how can it vary in temperature (e.g. -5 degrees to -10 degrees). A very good read.
Perhaps you misspoke or I'm not understanding correctly what you mean but from the book: "Another thing we can see from Fig. 1–4 is why ice shrinks when it melts. The particular crystal pattern of ice shown here has many “holes” in it, as does the true ice structure. When the organization breaks down, these holes can be occupied by molecules. Most simple substances, with the exception of water and type metal, expand…
I misspoke, I meant shrinks.. thanks for the heads up.
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#69It is awesome how while the page is loading you see stuff like this:
"Now if we multiply Eq. (41.19) by [math], [math]. We want the time average of [math], so let us take the average of the whole equation, and study the three terms. Now what about [math] times the force?"
Soo... am I going to need math skills to understand this stuff?
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#70How does this compare to Susskind's "The Theoretical Minimum"?