Learn about Einstein' s theory of relativity from a physics Nobel laureate and "one of the
greatest minds of the twentieth century" ( New York Review of Books ) in six memorable lessons
It was Richard Feynman' s outrageous and scintillating method of teaching that earned him
legendary status among students and professors of physics. From 1961 to 1963 Feynman delivered
a series of lectures at the California Institute of Technology that revolutionized the teaching
of physics. In Six Not-So-Easy Pieces taken from these famous Lectures on Physics Feynman
delves into one of the most revolutionary discoveries in twentieth-century physics:
Einstein' s theory of relativity. The idea that the flow of time is not a constant that the
mass of an object depends on its velocity and that the speed of light is a constant no matter
what the motion of the observer at first seemed shocking to scientists and laymen alike. But
as Feynman shows these tricky ideas are not merely dry principles of physics but things of
beauty and elegance. No one — not even Einstein himself — explained these difficult
anti-intuitive concepts more clearly or with more verve and gusto than Feynman. Filled with
wonderful examples and clever illustrations Six Not-So-Easy Pieces is the ideal introduction
to the fundamentals of physics by one of the most admired and accessible physicists of all
time. “There is no better explanation for the scientifically literate layman.” – Washington
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