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The Character of Physical Law (Messenger Lectures, 1964) - Richard Feynman
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
- Seller Notes
- “Cover/edges are worn and or have small tears, otherwise good reading copy.”
- Book Title
- The Character of Physical Law (Messenger Lectures, 1964)
- ISBN
- 9780262560030
- Subject Area
- Science
- Publication Name
- Character of Physical Law
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Item Length
- 8 in
- Subject
- Physics / Astrophysics, Physics / General
- Publication Year
- 1967
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.5 in
- Item Weight
- 7.4 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.4 in
- Number of Pages
- 174 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
MIT Press
ISBN-10
0262560038
ISBN-13
9780262560030
eBay Product ID (ePID)
77568
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
174 Pages
Publication Name
Character of Physical Law
Language
English
Subject
Physics / Astrophysics, Physics / General
Publication Year
1967
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
7.4 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
67-014527
Dewey Edition
23
TitleLeading
The
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
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
530
Synopsis
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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