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The Character of Physical Law Paperback – 29 Oct. 1992

English edition by Richard P Feynman (Autor), Paul Davies (Einleitung)
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Collecting legendary lectures from freewheeling scientific genius Richard P. Feynman, The Character of Physical Law is the perfect example of Feynman's gift for making complex subjects accessible and entertaining.

Here Richard Feynman gives his own unique take on the puzzles and problems that lie at the heart of physics, from Newton's Law of Gravitation to mathematics as the supreme language of nature, from the mind-boggling question of whether time can go backwards to the exciting search for new scientific laws.

Using simple everyday illustrations to bring out the essence of a complicated principle - for example the surprising parallels between the law of conservation of energy and drying yourself with wet towels ­- these lectures are a brilliant example of Feynman's mind in action.

'The greatest physicist of the twentieth century'
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'It is unlikely that the world will see another Richard Feynman ... his style inspired a generation of scientists. This volume remains the best record I know of his exhilarating vision'
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Richard P. Feynman (1918-1988) was one of this century's most brilliant theoretical physicists and original thinkers. Feynman's other books, also available in Penguin, include QED, Six Easy Pieces, Six Not-so-Easy Pieces, Don't You Have Time to Think, The Pleasure of Finding Things Out, What Do You Care What Other People Think? and The Meaning of it All.

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Paul Davies is a Regents' Professor of Physics and Director of the Beyond Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science at Arizona State University. The bestselling author of some thirty books, his many awards include the Templeton Prize and the Faraday Prize of the Royal Society. He is a Member of the Order of Australia and has an asteroid named after him.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin (29 Oct. 1992)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 192 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0140175059
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0140175059
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 19.8 x 12.9 x 1.18 cm
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    Richard P. Feynman was born in 1918 and grew up in Far Rockaway, New York. At the age of seventeen he entered MIT and in 1939 went to Princeton, then to Los Alamos, where he joined in the effort to build the atomic bomb. Following World War II he joined the physics faculty at Cornell, then went on to Caltech in 1951, where he taught until his death in 1988. He shared the Nobel Prize for physics in 1965, and served with distinction on the Shuttle Commission in 1986. A commemorative stamp in his name was issued by the U.S. Postal Service in 2005.

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Dr. T.
5.0 out of 5 stars Richard Feynman spricht über das Wesen physikalischer Gesetze
Reviewed in Germany on 25 April 2015
Richard P. Feynman wurde 1964 eingeladen, die Messenger Vorlesungen an der Cornell Universität, zu halten.

Die Vorlesungsreihe eröffnet Rektor Dale R. Corson, er freut sich, Feynman an seiner ehemaligen Wirkungsstätte begrüßen zu können, an der er in der Nachkriegszeit wesentliche Beiträge zur Entwirrung der Probleme der Quanten Elektrodynamik leistete, er würdigt Feynman als Forscher von Weltrang, der auch für seine außergewöhnlichen Vorträge und Vorlesungen berühmt ist – Feynman hatte gerade am Caltech seine legendären 'Lectures on Physics' gehalten.

Feynman beginnt seine Vorlesungsreihe mit Erläuterungen zum Newtonschen Gravitations- Gesetz, als dem Prototyp eines physikalischen Gesetzes, und setzt fort mit Vorlesungen zur Beziehungen zwischen Physik und Mathematik, sowie zu den Relationen zwischen Symmetrien und Erhaltungssätzen.
Die folgende Vorlesung ist der Irreversibilität großer physikalischer System, die zeitlich asymmetrisch sind, wiewohl die einzelnen Atome oder Moleküle, aus denen sie aufgebaut sind, sehr wohl zeitlich symmetrischen Gesetzen gehorchen.

Abgeschlossen wird die Reihe durch durch zwei Vorträge zur Quantenmechanik und zur Suche nach neuen Gesetzen.

Paul Davis, der das Vorwort zu dieser Ausgabe beisteuert, betont, dass die Vorlesungsreihe eine der fesselndsten Demonstrationen von Feynman's Fähigkeiten ist, weitreichende physikalische Vorstellungen aus einer minimalen Anzahl von Konzepten zu entwickeln, ohne sich dabei in technischen Details zu verlieren, er findet stets das richtige Mischung aus alltäglichen Formulierungen und Analogien – all das macht die typische Feynman'sche Art, Physik darzustellen, aus, die so unvergleichlich und unvergesslich ist.

Einer der letzten Sätze aus der Vorlesung über das Finden neuer Gesetze beleuchtet vielleicht ein wenig dieses 'Mysterium': … ein theoretischer Physiker, wenn er etwas taugt, hat immer sechs oder sieben verschiedene Darstellung für ein und das selbe Problem parat... so kann er, wenn ein ein Argument in eine Sackgassen führt, einfach einen anderen Ansatz ausprobieren; und diese Methode hat Feynman in Perfektion beherrscht.

Da Richard Feynman bereits Beiträge für die BBC-1 Sendereihe 'Men at Heart of Matter' geliefert hatte, kam BBC Television – als bekannt wurde, dass Richard Feynman die Messenger Vorlesung halten würde – auf die Idee, die Vorlesungen aufzuzeichnen und als Buch herauszugeben, wie Alan Sleath, Producer des BBC Science and Feature Department, im Vorwort erwähnt. Diese Vorlesungs- Videos sind mittlerweile via Internet frei verfügbar.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great physics audio edutainment ..
Reviewed in Germany on 8 July 1999
July 8, 1999 I would like to take a minute to thank Audio Scholar for abridging this novel to audio. I much prefered having a professional speaker narrate the book as previous Richard Feyman products I have purchased have really lacked in sound quality (they were not Audio Scholar products). I thoroughly enjoyed the abridged audio novel as did my 18 month old son who gets to listen to them to as his bedtime stories. I would like to encourage Audio Scholar to produce more of these types of edutainment audio programs on tape or CD. In many instances I wouldn't mind seeing the programs extend to 4 tapes or CD's. I love listening to scientific books on my way to work and also love to share them with my 18 month old son as his bedtime stories. Actually I initially started buying them for my son and then got hooked on them myself. Why should my 18 month old son get all the good stuff to listen too! My budget for this type of audio edutainment has sky rocketed from $100 a year to $1,000 a year due to the high level of quality of the Audio Scholar work. The more science and physics books abridged the better. I would love to see the following subjects abrigded to audio for distribution through Amazon.com. Maths, sciences, physics, astrophysics, geology, any and all space related topics, gravity, unified field theory, electromagnetics, electronics, microproccessor design, optics, micro-optics, electro-optics, light and the theory there of, satellites, satellite orbital mechanics and related theory, engineering, chemical engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering. I would also like to encourage Audio Scholar to pursue the rights to abridge Michio Kaku's books to audio as well. I do not have time in my busy daily schedule to read very much, but do I have five hours a day to listen and learn. If you make it I will support it. Arnold D Veness
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5.0 out of 5 stars Well narrated.
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Soledad
5.0 out of 5 stars An amazing communicator of the awkward and difficult
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Many writers have dealt with spacetime, gravitation, uncertainty etc - but Richard Feynman sets the standard with his own phenominal comprehension of all things physics, combined with an amazing ability to communicate difficult concepts and behaviours. He avoids unneccessary analogies, favours plain speaking and is able to get right to the central facts with unrivalled clarity.
His reputation as a lecturer was undoubtedly well-deserved, and his own life-long dogged determination to comprehend shines through on every page.
I read several chapters several times... it is that good.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente
Reviewed in Brazil on 23 March 2018
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O Feynman trata desse assunto com a maestria e clareza de sempre. O tema é dos mais interessantes. O livro versa sobre o conhecimento mais profundo que temos da natureza. Todos que gostam e buscam o conhecimento científico devem ter contato com essa obra. A abordagem e a linguagem são relativamente simples permitindo uma boa compreensão por parte daqueles que já tiveram um contato escolar com a Física.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant Orator with a deep understanding of the subject
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Really Good book. As Always Feyman as an iconoclast to a whole generation of Physics Students. A must read book. However, if you already possess the book on six easy and six not-so-easy pieces, you’ll find that the chapters are similar.
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Reviewed in France on 7 July 2019
Really Good book. As Always Feyman as an iconoclast to a whole generation of Physics Students. A must read book. However, if you already possess the book on six easy and six not-so-easy pieces, you’ll find that the chapters are similar.
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