Qed The Strange Theory of Light and Matter. (Alix G. Mautner Memorial Lectures)

Name: Qed The Strange Theory of Light and Matter. (Alix G. Mautner Memorial Lectures)
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ISBN: 9780691024172

ISBN-10: 0691024170

ISBN-13: 9780691024172

Edition: 1986

Authors: Richard P. Feynman

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Famous the world over for the creative brilliance of his insights into the physical world, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman also possessed an extraordinary talent for explaining difficult concepts to the nonscientist. QED--the edited version of four lectures on quantum electrodynamics that Feynman gave to the general public at UCLA as part of the Alix G. Mautner Memorial Lecture series--is perhaps the best example of his ability to communicate both the substance and the spirit of science to the layperson. The focus, as the title suggests, is quantum electrodynamics (QED), the part of the quantum theory of fields that describes the interactions of the quanta of the…

Book details

List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 1986
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 10/21/1988
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 5.63" wide x 8.58" long x 0.19" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English



Foreword


Preface


Acknowledgment


Introduction


Photons: Particles of Light


Electrons and Their Interactions


Loose Ends


Index